United Party for National development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has said that Zambia can learn from Rwanda’s economic transformation by cutting back regulation, providing tax incentives, increasing support for SMEs and invest heavily in the Zambian people.
In a statement released to the media, the UPND leader said that Rwanda shows that the Party’s aspirations and plans are realistic and lamented that Zambians have come to expect so little from their politicians.
Below is the full statement
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Learning By Example
This week Rwanda opened its doors to the world to host the World Economic Forum in Africa.
Following the horror of genocide and civil war in the 1990s, Rwanda has since achieved economic growth of an average 7.8% since 2000. It is the leader in business competitiveness in Africa, enabling both local companies and international investors to thrive, create thousands of jobs and raise revenues for investing in services for the people. Tourism is the country’s biggest earner of foreign exchange and contributes more than 7% to GDP, compared to our 3%.
What can we take from this in Zambia? To all those who say our aspirations and plans aren’t realistic we say that such examples show that this is not true. It is just that Zambians have come to expect so little from their politicians.
We too can cut back regulation, provide tax incentives, increase support for our SMEs and invest heavily in our greatest asset – the Zambian people. We too can see the benefits of such an approach in creating jobs, increasing government revenues and driving economic growth.
In fact, as a country we already have many great natural advantages that can help us on our way, including vast amounts of land, sizeable water bodies, minerals from copper to emeralds, and world-class natural wonders. Yet to date we have failed to capitalise on these for the benefit of our people.
What it takes to make this happen is hard work, vision and political will. Right now our Government is lacking all three ingredients.
Hakainde Hichilema
UPND President
This makes a lot of sense. Instead Lungu spend all his time with Mugabe and Museveni, both profound failures in running their economies and democraties.
I like this man HH when other politicians are politicking he is busy looking for a way of bettering the Zambian economy. What more do we want ladies and gentlemen. Is it not someone who will bring the cost of living less expensive and make sure corruption is wiped out? Let us try HH indeed this time.
There is no democracy in Rwanda.
You focus on positives HH. Rwanda is a terrible country to mound you ideologies to.
UPND are a good party with a person leading then not befitting to be a president at all.
These are words of me someone well respected in my council and heavily educated
MBA, CIMA,FCCA, Msc, BSc,MA and finding my PhD this year
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@MUSHOTA HIS TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND THAT IS THE FOCUS NOT THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF IT. LUNGU IS EVEN WORSE BUT AT LEAST THE RWANDAN PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING AND HAS HIS PEOPLE AT HEART. ITS LIKE KK. KK LOVED AND SERVED THIS COUNTRY DESPITE OF HIS DICTATORIAL TENDENCIES. AND PLEASE MUSOTA, INSTEAD OF SHOWING OFF YOUR CREDENTIALS GO BACK TO ZAMBIA AND PARTICIPATE. YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING FROM A DISTANCE.
Kagame is better than Museveni? Servicing wars in DRC? Know your facts.
THE FOCUS HERE IS THE ECONOMY AND NOT THESE ARE THINGS. IF LUNGU DID A VERY GOOD JOB IN ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT LIKE THE LATE LPM, I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SUPPORT HIM BUT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATE LPM AND THIS INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT.
What can we learn from Rwanda iwe sure?? Does HH mean after genocide (after Bembas have been ethnically cleansed by his tribe) when he becomes president or after he forms a UPND rebel force. Kills Lungu while his Anglo-American friends give lip-service to ‘human rights abuses’.
That’s Rwanda and that is Kagame for YOU. Now what is it that HH wants my Zambia to learn from Rwanda, that you became president through brutal force????
Even HH ananya ati he is on the right, some supporting really amazes me
BUT KAGAME IS A MUSEVENI BOY AND HE COPIED FROM MUSEVENI TO REMAIN IN POWER INDEFINITELY BY CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION. KAGAME WILL REMAIN IN POWER TILL 2033. DON’T JUST TALK ON THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. THAT’S WHY THOSE WHO SAY THAT HH CAN BE A DICTATOR ARE VERY RIGHT. IT’S DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT HE STANDS FOR. HE DISLIKES DICTATORS WHILE HE PRAISES WHAT DICTATORS DO.
Hungry Hyena is running out of ideas, was it not your own party through Zambian Witchcraft Documents (ZWD) that ran a story saying the PF govt was in cahoots with Kagame over the riots against foreigners! Your own blood thirsty supporters were insulting Kagame for being a close friend of ECL just yesterday!
The archives don’t lie!
Kagame is an ally of ECL, PF is well ahead of you in trying to do its level best in cutting down on regulation and diversifying the economy!
#HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime
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MA!!!!! BA UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DESTRUCTION (UPND) PLEASE CAN ANY ONE OF YOUR DUNDERHEADS SUCH AS DULL COMMENTATOR EVEN TELL ME WHAT HAVE ANY OF YOUR COUNCILLORS, MPS or MAYORS DONE TO IMPROVE THE TOWNS, LIVING CONDITIONS IN THEIR OWN CONSTUENCIES? FROM MAZABUKA TO PEMBA AND BEYOND EVEN IN NAMWALA JUST COMPLETE DISORGANISATION!!!! HOW ARE YOU CRETINS GOING TO DEVELOP A WHOLE COUNTRY WHEN YOU FAIL TO SORT OUT JUST A KA STREET??? HOPELESS! YOU CAN NEVER BE ANOTHER KAGAME IWE CHI HH, HH IS A CAPITALIST KAGAME IS A SOCILALIST LIKE ECL!
#HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime
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GOOD OBSERVATION MR. INCOMING PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA. CORRUPTION AND SELFISHNESS BY OUR POLITICIANS IS WHAT HAS SEEN OUR COUNTRY LAG BEHIND IN TRANSFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED A NEW UPND GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL WILL COME WITH ITS NEW APPROACH, NEW POLICIES IN DEALING WITH ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE. GOOD AND CONSISTENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES IS WHAT HAS MADE THE NEIGHBORING BOTSWANA TO REMAIN ROBUST IN ITS DEVELOPMENT. IT IS GOOD POLICIES AND MONITORING SYSTEM TO CHECK THE IMPLEMENTATION WHICH HAS MADE BOTSWANA TO EXCEL, NOT THE DIAMOND! AND I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT HH CAN IMPLEMENT A SIMILAR APPROACH IN ZAMBIA IF WE MAKE HIM PRESIDENT OF OUR LAND.
Wow so HH can be humble to learn from others? We thought he was the only genius on the block. Kavindere is ashamed.
Rwanda is a good example for low bureaucracy, development agenda and efficient and fair treatment of its citizens, investors and friendly to all well-wishers. Zambia is 360 degrees opposite of that, too bureaucratic, laid back and greedy politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen (HH inclusive) who use Lofty words but their deeds do not match their words. Hyena is a Hyena even when it steps in Plot 1. Beware of Hyena Hyena. Vote for Edith Nawakwi.
He knows little of what really enables Rwanda to have such, it’s a dictatorial tendency, a fear in people that makes them work and not necessarily that they are inspired to do most of the things. We too need a government that tolerates no nonsense from opposition and it’s people then we will Develop. When learning, let’s learn beyond what we see
HH does not know the finer details. We have friends from Rwanda. Some dont even want to go back. At exactly 17hours police comb the town and no one is seen walking carelessly during that period.
Fine to school HH who thinks he is the only reservior of knowledge. Listen to this: Infrastructure development is the key to economic development. At the moment only Zambia, Mozambique and China are investing more than 40% of their Annual budgets in infrastructure development. Why? These countries have observed that lack of infrastructure can not spur any economic activities. In addition this investment creates short and long term jobs for the local people (Investing in Zambians). If you check the Link Zambia projects, you will notice that these roads are connecting areas of both potential and…
HH does not know the finer details. We have friends from Rwanda. Some dont even want to go back. At exactly 17hours police comb the town and no one is seen walking carelessly during that period.
Fine to school HH who thinks he is the only reservior of knowledge. Listen to this: Infrastructure development is the key to economic development. At the moment only Zambia, Mozambique and China are investing more than 40% of their Annual budgets in infrastructure development. Why? These countries have observed that lack of infrastructure can not spur any economic activities. In addition this investment creates short and long term jobs for the local people (Investing in Zambians). If you check the Link Zambia projects, you will notice that
Ctd. that these roads are connecting areas of both potential and existing economic activities. E.g Monze-Nico road in Southern Province passes through an area with huge animal and agricultural products production area. In addition, this road will lead you to Loncinver game park (Tourism) and the Kafue swamps (fishing). All we need after these roads projects is to now invest in the economic activities in these areas and i can tell you Zambia will be a different country in the next five years. We dont need to copy from Rwanda. For your own information HH, Zambia has the best Infrastructure Development Programme at the moment and thats why our own CEO for NRFA was the first President of the regional body dealing with Infrastructure development and finance. Please lets do what we can with…
Hichilema just point and show us any developmental project which you have made for the Zambian people. As for us there are many we can show you. Vote PF.
GO GET A LIFE AND JOB KUDOS NEED OF SUPPORTING AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT. EVERYONE KNOWS LUNGU HAS FAILED TO RUN THE COUNTRY. YOU ARE WASTING BLOGGING SPACE FOR WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS
DEVELOPING ZAMBIA IS A MUST BY ANYONE THAT OCCUPIES THE OFFICE TO SERVE THE ZAMBIANS. THEREFORE, IT MUST BE DONE GENUINELY TO BETTER THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE’S LIVES NOT FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY. WHAT I WANT IS MR.XYZ IN GEORGE COMPOUND TO BE ABLE TO RAISE A FAMILY AND HIS CHILDREN TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY AS RUPIAH BAND’S SON IN SUCCEEDING AND BECOMING ZAMBIA’S NEXT DANGOATE. WE NEED TO REALLY EMPOWER OUR PEOPLE. EVEN YOU KUDOS, I WANT YOU TO A SUCCESS SUCH THAT OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES START LOOKING AT US INSTEAD OF DOWN ON US LIKE NOW BECAUSE OF AN INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT THAT CANNOT CREATE THAT GOOD ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR YOU AND ME.
Dull Commentator, just show us any unprecedented massive infrastructure projects which the UPND has embarked on or completed for Zambia. The people will vote for what they can see. Us in PF we can show you.
When we started getting valuable dollars by exporting maize to the impoverished 3rd World countries of Malawi, Mozambique and Congo DR, this same Hutu man (HH) castigated the government.
COME ON KUDOS. HOW DUMB ARE YOU MAN!!! WHO GETS A MORTGAGE BEYOND THERE INCOME TO BUY A BIG HOUSE BUT STRUGGLES TO PAY THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND HAS NO SOLID PLAN OF HOW TO PAY BACK?? ONLY A DUMMY LIKE YOU. YES YOU WILL LOOK LIKE YOU ARE RICH AND COMFORTABLE BUT THAT IS A VERY STUPID THING TO DO. YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PAY FOR THINGS FORM HARD WORK.
YES WE DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECT ARE ESSENTIAL BUT ALSO COSTLY AND CANNOT BE DONE OVERNIGHT. THESE PROJECT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT LACK QUALITY AND ARE COSTING THE TAX PAYERS LOTS OF MONEY BECAUSE OF THE DEEP-ROOTED CORRUPTION EMBEDDED IN THEM BY PF OFFICIALS. MOST OF THEM HAVE TO BE REDONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SOME DON’T EVEN START EVEN AFTER THE PERSON IS PAID. THE FACT IS THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT DONE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PEOPLE – ZAMBIAN PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE/WERE DONE TO HELP LUNGU GET VOTES OR TO DIVERT MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN OR PERSONAL USES. WE ONLY HAVE ONE ZAMBIA AND CANNOT BE DOING THIS TO OUR OWN PEOPLE OR COUNTRY.
Dull Commentator, knowing (HH) he’s probably trying to justify that he’s inspired by a dictator like Kagame and that Zambia needs his dictatorship to prosper, the same way he has ruled UPND for 10 years like a dictator. Yet this same (HH) and his Zambian Witch Doctor have been accusing President Lungu of aligning himself with dictators M7 and Mugabe. On the borrowing, Zambia has what’s known as a GDP in case you don’t know. Out of this Gross Domestic Product, Zambia is able to comfortably pay back any loans and Euro bonds without strain. You and Hakainde the ‘economist’ are still complaining about Zambia’s debt yet you fail to understand basic economic principles. You are becoming irrelevant in politics.
I can only agree with you on the fact that more needs to be done about corruption in Africa and Zambia is no exception. Ruling party leaders tend to get deals by tender, which unfortunately make us pay for overpriced projects. The good thing about President Lungu is that if you are corrupt he won’t come to your rescue. Just report any corruption to the authorities. Try it. It works. The system actually works.
GET SERIOUS KUDOS AND KNOW YOUR FACTS RIGHT. PLEASE PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE THAT ZAMBIA HAS BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD PAYING FOR THESE LOANS?? AND WHY BORROW MONEY WHEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN AND PAY FOR THESE THINGS FROM HARD WORK?? I WON’T WASTE ANY FURTHER TIME TRYING TO PUT LOGIC IN A PERSON WITHOUT LOGIC LIKE YOU. I WOULD ADVISE YOU GO GET A JOB OR EVEN A GIRLFRIEND TO KEEP BUSY INSTEAD OF WASTING TIME SUPPORTING AN INCOMPETENT PERSON.
Dull Commentator, that’s the reason we in PF don’t waste time arguing with Under5 Pemba Nega-Nega Dambwa cretins. I’ve given you one simple dynamic from Economics and how it works. GDP and borrowing within the threshold. You’re already frustrated because you know it’s the truth and you turn to your comfort zone of vulgarity. UPND you are too bitter. Truly Under5s. Don’t start what you can’t finish. Cretins
What threshold are talking about. All respected economist and most international organizations have said that Zambia is highly indebted but dimwit like you says its within threshold. Why would your incompetent president seek an IMF bailout if we could afford/sustain these loans??? There is evidence everywhere of failure to repay, they are even thinking of borrowing more. There is reason why you are a professional failure (PF) member. Failure to logic and intellectual capacity is a part of you so I understand but please spare the blogging space for people with real and meaningful contributions
The late LPM made it clear that he did not like corruption and all his friends knew that and respected tax payer money. Can Lungu deal with Kaizer Zulu if he was caught? Or the other characters around him. The truth is he can’t and won’t when his allegiance is to the Zambian people. The are a lot other areas Lungu has just plainly failed and the results are there to see. So it’s not that we hate Lungu but we can’t allow him to destory our country economically and socially. Corruption has become a way of life under his watch for some a hobby at the expense of poor Zambians
@kudos very good, very good, very good carryon!!!
Maaaaaaaaa…ati Kudos 5…dull commentator -22 eyeeeeee !!!! Ehhhhh eh! Yaaaabaaaaa!!!!
Kikiki..Mr. kudos, please don’t disappear. Please answer the question:why seek IMF bailout when we have this animal called “GDP”..?….Kikiki
Commrade Vision2020, these UPND dwarfs are intellectually impotent. Yet they claim to know ‘Economics’. No wonder they also claim to know ‘Politics’ which lose them elections over 15 years of failed campaigns.
Muli ibo lo yama imwe.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS MAN TO BE PRESIDENT NOT THE INCOMPETENT LUNGU. HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CHANGE ZAMBIA PROGRESSIVELY INSTEAD OF A PRESIDENT THAT IS BUSY COMMISSIONING MALLS OWNED BY FOREIGNERS AND PROJECTS FINANCED BY FOREIGNER GOVERNMENTS. OR EVEN WORSE PROJECTS FINANCED FROM BORROWED MONEY WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PAY BACK. LUNGU MUST AND LUNGU WILL GO. PLEASE WELL MEANING ZAMBIANS ENSURE LUNGU IS VOTED OUT
ANOTHER ONE FROM HH:
Our nurses work very hard in extremely tough conditions and for that we must thank them from the bottom of our heart. After all, it is not their fault that there are inadequate beds for patients, or that medicine is in short supply and often too expensive for the majority of people, says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema.
Commenting on International Nurses Day which is observed today, Hichilema said ‘our nurses are over-worked and if there are long queues for treatment in hospitals, this is not their fault because we have a shortage of nurses of more than 13,000.’ He explained that while the international standard is 2.5 nurses per 1,000 people, ‘in Zambia we have 0.8 per 1,000.’ He said this is despite the fact ‘we have thousands of youths who have already been…
Now we are talking. This is good from Under 5. Now listen , can all you paid PF Cadres on this blog behave. This is not a partisan issue, but a national issue. Whoever wins this election needs to radically rip out some of these old British or colonial archaic laws that just make it difficult for Zambians to start anything. We need to take what this Under 5 is saying seriously, we are much bigger and have more resources than Rwanda. We need to craft our own way. We can’t just be taking orders from IMF, US or South Africa. Sometimes, you got to do it your own way. Look at Egypt, despite all the hell during transition, they have managed grow their economy and displaced South Africa as Africa’s second largest economy..
Again PF cadres behave. This is a national issue. Please tow the line
Rwanda is a critical case and one that can’t be generalised to the rest of Africa. Later on compared to Zambia.
@ MMD Bootlicker, You are the only blogger I respect on here. Please analyse the Rwandan case holistically… I hate an opposition leader likening my country to Rwanda and Kagame, or aspires to emulate him!! Botswana or Nambia are better cases.
Development in Botswana is just funded by their diamonds also considering that they have a very small population (2.5 million). Namibia is a province of RSA with RSA systems in place and similarly also they have a very small population (2.5 million). The dynamics are very different in these countries compared with Zambia. Zambian dynamics are closer to Rwanda which means Zambia can learn from Rwanda more than from Botswana or Namibia. Zambia economically looks like a country just out of war. MMD Chief Bootlicker has for once spoken objectively about the incoming President HH. But just need to drop that under 5 name you use.
Botswana could teach Zambia about democracy and general good behavior. Even their dependency on diamonds has been modified by local beneficiation. Zambia should be looking for good lessons to follow in neighbouring countries. There’s nothing to learn from Uganda and Zimbabwe. At least Rwanda, economically, is way ahead of the game. They don’t play the global card to justify backwardness. They intend to be the Singapore of Africa and they will. A leader with a vision is better, ALWAYS, than a drunkard who wants to hide in State House.
To Botswana and Nambia include Mauritius —- —- like it or not Uganda has equally done very well. Future growth rates will be above 7%
@6 Kudos MMD Chief Bootlicker!
@6.4 Kopala Enginia: Yes that’s true. Museveni has not been too bad a CEO of his country’s economy. I have been baffled by why he has kept on rigging the elections. He’s one president in Africa, who could easily pull-off a re-election without rigging. What a pit, he is so drug with power that he can’t risk not to rig and not to harass his political opponents!
@6.3 Namaloya wa Ng’amba: I choose to disagree – there’s a lot we can learn from Zimbabwe and Uganda – at least not to do things the way they have done. Yes, we can learn from the mistakes of others, can’t we?
@6.1 Mr.Gondwe: Rwanda’s Kagame is a classic case. He’s probably the most respected African president worldwide. Please do some research. You may be shocked what you will discover.
@6.2 Kakistokrat: Botswana is not the only African country endowed with diamonds. The world’s poorest country, Sierra Leone, is home to some of the world’s finest diamonds. Angola, a country just west of Zambia is, as we speak, bankrupt. It has vast diamond and oil resources. These are just a few examples. By comparison, Botswana, currently ranked the least corrupt in Africa, has done exceptionally well. Coincidentally, is the second least corrupt in Africa. To the list of countries I admire, I would have to include Tanzania, a country truly silent and yet a remarkable player and a shining example in Africa.
CORRECTION:
Coincidentally, RWANDA is Africa’s second least corrupt country – second only to Botswana.
THE MAN IS READY FOR JOB AND IT SHOWS IN WHAT HE NOTICES AND TALKS ABOUT. NOT ALWAYS BLAMING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND TALKING ABOUT THE OPPOSITION ALL THE TIME. LUNGU HAS SPENT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT HH THAN HE HAS ACTUALLY DOING HIS JOB. WE NEED A LEADER READY TO WORK FOR THE ZAMBIANS NOT A PROFESSIONAL FAILURE (PF) THAT CAN EVEN IGNORE INSTITUTIONS LIKE LAZ TO ALLOW HIS MINISTERS TO LOOT FROM THE POOR PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY SHAME. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS A REAL LEADER WILL REALIZE THAT AT A TIME WHEN POVERTY WAS ON THE RISE AND THE ECONOMY WAS DOING BAD YOU CAN BE CONSIDERATE AND DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT SO THAT TAX PAYER MONEY IS SAVED AND USED FOR DEVELOPMENT THINGS. LUNGU HAS TO GO!!!!
HH kindly tell us how long it has taken Rwanda to transform economy. And how long the president has been there. So how do u expect PF to transform economy in 5 yrs. Later on expect ECL to do it in 1 year. Mind u Kagame is a dictator and with that he has imposed a lot of un democratic pracritises to achieve the transformation. If such were done in Zambia u would be the first to cry the loudest. Sorry mr supreme leader Rwanda is not a role model for us
In the first 4 Years after the genocide, rewards had one of the best performing ICT start industries in Africa.
Rewards was devastated and had come out of a civil war, yet in 5 years kagame transformed the country.
For PF who found a surplus in funds from MMD, we have 5 yrs and 10 billion dollars later the people are jobless, suffering from hunger and cholera.
@Indungu Bulila. You don’t have to wait for a builder to finish building for you to know that his a damn good builder. From the preliminary works, the foundation, etc, you will be in a position to tell if you are getting value for your money. They promised people driven constitution in 90 days and delivered a bad non people driven on after 4 yrs, more money in your pockets and grabbed the little coins in your pockets and fattened theirs, there has been on rule of law, corruption is at its peck, you cant tell whether the man at the top is moving forward or backwards, policy inconsistencies, lies from every quarter. I have seen the infrastructure developed, well the cost has beenunjustifed and a lot will be caged for that
Rwanda not rewards
YES. HMM PLEASE TELL THEM THE FACTS.
HH honestly is a very intelligent man.He is looking at a broader picture here than the selfish leader we have at the minute.He definately needs a chance to rule the Nation.bravo
But we have Robert Mugabe who is also a dictator. Has the economy improved? It is just the intellect and passion of doing things that is needed from someone to make Zambia succeed. So the question that improving the economy requires someone to be a dictator does not hold water.
Amazing the insults from Ugandans raining on Zambia’s vision-less leader. This is what happens when you let loose a drunkard to mouth his opinions in foreign territories.
PF can not emulate rewanda, that will mean no corruption and hard work.
There is Paul Kagame in Rwanda and i do not think HH would not survive there. What is talking about??? It looks like HH is good at talking.
you see… reading before raising placards is good! the man cant survive two minutes as opposition in Rwanda so what is he talking about!
Rwanda has built its economy by ripping synergies from wars in the DRC. There is nothing admirable about that. I thought a well versed economist would cite Angola?
HH should read the book ‘AFRICA altered states, ordinary miracles’ by Richard Dowden… he is being misinformed! or better still ask the opposition in Rwanda if they have it as easy as he!
I think we need a friendly fight between the Tongas Vs Bembas and Lozis vs Nyanjas so that we can start to respect each other.After which real development we start in Zambia.Kupusa kwapitilila bati.lol lol lol
People with little knowledge about the economics, markets and business are easily deceived by HH statements.
*Zambia’s biggest problem is reliance of copper. We are a rich country with poor people. Since 1964 we have talked about moving from copper?
*We have failed to promote agriculture, tourism, our abundant water resources for power exports. We have failed to make money from other minerals like gem stones
If we are honest its unfair to blame Lungu or PF. These are long term problems, which long term solutions
Even if HH wins, he is selling Zambians dreams that he has a magic wand to solve the problems immediately. If he indeed comes to office and start to correct these things, benefits will be felt long after he leaves office.
Robert Mugabe has endured inhuman sanctions by UK & USA for many years. That is the reason that has mainly affected the Zimbabwean economy.
@17 Visky: RGM has over-stayed. Let him relinquish the throne and leave; that’s all the world is asking him and Yoweri Museveni to do.
@Ba Chamz tondolo musuma what point have raised which HH has never talked of. Actually HH is more wiser than you when he says WE SHOULD INVERST MORE IN THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE GREATEST RESOURCE. There is no greater resource than an educated and technically sound human being on earth.Inversting in our people includes equipment our citezens with the necessary Knowledge,Skills ,capabilities,and mind set to develop our country.To me this is the biggest problem in Zambia,because the natural resources are already there.
On the other I want to agree with you that these a long term goals,but what is encouraging is that we have someone in the name of HH who is willing to lay that foundation and correct all the damage that PF have inflicted on Zambians.
Mushota you claim to be so highly schooled,you are just a cader trained in monkey see, monkey do and you lack self education, survival of humanity is dependent on keeping positives that can make us thrive and throwing away negatives that are a disadvantage to our survival.
wise words kateka.
Not very long ago the Supreme Leader HH of the UPND has been castigating President Edgar Lungu of aligning himself to Rwanda’s President Mr Paul Kagame… Has the Supreme leader changed his stance or forgotten what he’s being saying…The truth of the matter is that HH has antagonised most of the African leaders and aligned himself with imperialist thinking they can bail him or propel him to Statehouse…
Rwanda’s tourism is based on the monuments of the genocide. Is HH suggesting the Zambia does to the same?
We have the best parks in the world, why can’t we do better than Rwanda in touarisim??.
WHY IS THIS MAN LUNGU NOT IN KIGALI WHERE THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM-AFRICA IS TAKING PLACE? INSTEAD HE WENT TO ATTEND THE STUPID INAUGURATION OF MUSEVINI WHERE HE EMBARASSED BOTH HIMSELF AND THE COUNTRY.
When we compared the load shedding with our neighbours , Pf was castigated for doing that and the same HH said we should not cite what was happening in other countries but focus on Zambia. So how come now we are being told to learn from another country. What a flip flop. First you say to compare then you come back and say compare. Which is which kanshi.
Going by the attitude I am deducing from the Zambian bloggers here, and if this represents most Zambians, then I am afraid this country will continue going in reverse gear. Zambians are too playful, lazy,drunkards (as KK once observed) lack originality and initiative, are adulterous, liars and like showing off their ignorance. I wonder if they even know what it is they want. not to mention if they can even recognize the potential they are endowed with. Its no wonder people come from the refuge camps and become millionaires using the Zambians as a resource. What kind of a people are they, that even create nomenclature to justify bad practices and behavior. The so called educated persons are functionally illiterate; those charged to serve are stealing from the people they are supposed to…
Just google and compare the sizes of economies in Africa. Zambia is worth 24.5 billion US dollars while Rwanda is only 8.5 billion dollars. So what is there to copy?
HH is a visionary. He is already looking at models of economic devt while Lungu is whopping from one bar to another in search of Jameson Whiskey. Rwanda is a country on a growth path and Zambia can learn a lot from its experience. For Zambia to progress it should associate with progressive countries and refuse to be pulled down by countries like Zimbabwe which does not even have a currency of its own. How can Lungu associate with a 92 years President who has run his country down producing 500million % inflation. What is to be learned from such a failed state? Jameson must fall#
One other issue is how Kagame has managed to instil a sense of cleanliness in his people. Cities in Rwanda are very clean and everything is well planned, no junk development.
Well spoken, HH. If Rwanda can, YES WE CAN. No well-meaning person would oppose this.
The bed rock for development in todays world is 1. Functional democracy with strong constitution providing for accountability & checks & balances 2. Investment in systems & infrastructure 2. Inculcating a spirit of enterprise, hard work & honesty in our people. It is a lie that development of a country can be achieved without these or corruption can be ended without these. It is also a lie that 1 person in Zambia is the only one that has knowledge to develop Zambia. Thats why Rwanda is such a bad example because whatever is happening there is not sustainable. We’ve even faired better than Rwanda comparatively in relation to 1 & 2. 3 is still a problem.
@31 The chosen one,
No one is questioning the relevance of strong institutions for checks and balances i.e. the points you have raised. No one.
What is actually a lie is to imply that development of a country can be achieved merely by strong institutions TO THE EXCLUSION of good and effective leadership.
In other words, if you compare the two extremes of the spectrum, you would be hard pressed to cite a Country, past or present, with strong institutions that auto-piloted its development without a leader. On the other hand you can cite many Countries that have ‘Leaders’ but are without these institutions as we know them, e.g. North Korea, Somalia etc..
So HH, going by the facts, is right on the numbers.
@Cactus, a few fundamentals of leadership I can share with you include (1) laying a foundation of infrastructure & systems (2) accountability & transparency (3) raising standards & opportunities for the people. These are the same things I shared earlier but from a different angle. A person who can’t comprehend these cant be a leader but a ruler no matter how you hero worship. You can give a Zambian all the money you want, but without infrastructure, systems, a culture of enterprise, hard work & honesty, it is a waste of time. The western world has grasped this & hence where they are. The USA can have the worst President but systems will still work & things won’t fall apart. Don’t be lied to that development of a country comes from an individual.
@The chosen one,
It is good to note that you now agree a Country needs good leadership AND strong institutions as a prerequisite to development. That is what HH is saying, and I agree with him.
You are labouring the obvious. This is a no-brainer. Trying to playing semantics in the process on straightforward facts won’t do. If indeed you are live in USA going by your flag, then you should understand the concerns expressed by citizens there if Donald Trump became President of US, in spite of the strong institutions there. Ignore good leadership at your own peril.
Next topic…
Comment:Want 2 talk some sense afta being castigated by Kavindele yestrda.
Let him read and found out how much money the West has and continue to pump into Rwanda, “Mr economist”
Then that is money pumped well spent. Look at zambians natural wealth and see how much people are starving.
Everything Rwanda has done PF has also done, especially infrastructure for commerce (communication) and human development (education and health facilities). This has laid the basis for economic transformation that is beginning to manifest as people are now waking up to entrepreneurship and investment.
Rewanda has many areas of free wifi where in Zambia do you get free wifi????
Who is not inversting in zambians. Haven’t we heard stories about how Zambian contractors abandon work immediately they receive first payment. How much substandards jobs have we seen done by Zambian contractors at the expense of tax payers who put in a lot of kwachas and yet receive poor quality services. This time we are encouraging them to partner with foreign contractors so that they learn to be disciplined. Even those local contractors doing fine end up spending in foreign countries thereby defeating the purpose of retaining our money.
Please let us ask these politicians about what they intend to do- i mean Key performance indicators or areas and how they will achieve to sort out issues. Zambia must enjoy capable leadership out of 15 million people. Lets not vote using feelings or emotions but based on viable proposals from candidates.
@Kudos, you are dull. What is your profession? Tell me the PROJECTS PF DID before they were elected in office
I 100% agree with HH on this one. Rwanda is a very good example of successfully transforming a country
Surely Bwana HH; there’s need to cut down on unnecessary Regulators. They are time consumers and wasters. Regulators like ERB and ZEMA, should be realigned into government departments rather than Agencies. They delay projects unnecessarily. Take for instance putting up a filing(fuel) station. Before you do anything these two institutions will ask for close to K250,000.00. Then you have to deal with quack, so called environmental consultants another K150,000.00 and takes six to one year to complete. Then comes their so called inspections, which will take three months or more. By the time the project is approved even your financial would have lost interest and moved somewhere else. I will support you on this but don’t come and flip flop. We have taken record of this.
By the way I hear…
Most Zambian commenting are very ill informed & have never been to Rwanda. The moment u reach their airport in Kigali Wi Fi is free @ the airport. Kigali is the cleanest City in Africa & one of the most organized. Check Rwanda’s rating on the World Global competitive index, it is miles ahead of Zambia. Only Mauritius, Botswana & South Africa are closer. Mauritius been the best. Most people from Rwanda come into Zambia & quickly make it in business. Ask yourself s why? & stop your hatred 4 HH. He is stating facts. Keep your docile EL & keep on with your poverty & stealing from government
Do not forget the emergency relief aid for development and reconstruction that Rwanda got after the civil war and genocide.
That emergency aid and relief is far smaller then what Zambia is naturally endowed with, yet Rwanda is doing better than Zambia.
For the first time, I agree with Mushota, disagree with HH on this one and it is a shame he has taken a full statement to praise Rwanda he does not understand. As Mushota said, Rwanda has no democracy. Paul Kagame has been killing people who oppose him politically. Is HH going to shoot dead his political opponents? The economy he praises is built (1) from money Kagame he steals from DRC (2) money from western countries whio are pouring it into Rwanda as form of guilty conscience i.e. for their failure to intervene in Rwanda and stop genocide in 1994. HH does not understand any of this. I want him to win the August electiion and I will vote for him but he must learn to humble himself and leave things he does not understand.
You are missing the point. It is the policie implementation HH is saying we can learn from, not the shooting or aid money from the west, in any case this is aid well spent.
Look at Zambia with all our natural wealth, we have nothing to show for it. Unemployment, hunger and cholera are still stalking the masses despite what we are endowed with which is far more than Rwanda will ever get in aid or from Congo.
@31 – The chosen one,
No one is questioning the relevance of strong institutions for checks and balances i.e. the points you have raised. No one.
What is actually a lie is to imply that development of a country can be achieved merely by strong institutions TO THE EXCLUSION of good and effective leadership.
In other words, if you compare the two extremes of the spectrum, you would be hard pressed to cite a Country, past or present, with strong institutions that auto-piloted its development without a leader. On the other hand you can cite many Countries that have ‘Leaders’ but are without these institutions as we know them, e.g. North Korea, Somalia etc..
So HH, going by the facts, is right on the numbers.
Chipantepante advisor could be sourcing loot from Rwanda? Why refer to undemocratic and dangerous leader. It’s people fear to get passports because that country then sort them out easily once tracked. Sorry refer to somebody else.
HH does not spend his energies on personalities like that clown at Plot 1 in Zambia!
Well said Mr President.
What a shallow essay from Kainde, ending at the introduction…!
Don’t talk from without plz, make your research. World bank say Rwanda is the best country to make business. In Rwanda You can register your business finish everything & start operating tomorrow. Rwanda is a country that has invested heavily in its people. If you go to Rwanda people a working everywhere, & has very clean cities. Hh know s it is a very good example. Make your research instead of insulting people. Kagame is not a dictator, if you say Burundi I will agreed. But kagame was asked by his people to stay another term coz of his successful economic reforms in referendum whick was overwhelmingly supported. There was no disputes what so ever. I don’t know where you get your information.
@life experience so what you are saying is that if we check there are no opposition parties in Rwanda that want to challenge President Kagame & hence the whole country decided to change the Constitution to allow him the 5th term? You are also saying that from 1994 President Kagame has failed to train potential leaders that can take over from him when his appointed time to leave office? That can’t be right surely. What is he teaching his people by changing goal posts & failing to build leaders? Do you really think this is sustainable & Zambia should follow suit? Is this the kind of leadership you believe in?
@47.1 The Chosen One: Read the history of Singapore. Your concern should be more about Zimbabwe, not Rwanda.
I mean to say above in Rwanda you can register your business in one day & start operating tomorrow, says world bank.
All those lazy bums pointing to the aid Rwanda recives as an excuse that makes rwanda a better preformer than Zambia, be aware that the natural resources and potential Zambia is endowed with far excedes any amount of aid Rwanda could ever receive.
It is all in the leadership. We have a humble leader who condons corruption and mediocracy, with no accoutability in the whole GRZ. Non performance and failure is seen as normal.
Ati vote for a humble and tolerant leader!.
HUNGRY HYENA is demonstrating how Rwanda managed with the genorcide and he indirectly want his UPND(tonga) to do the same after they win elections. Power angry and bitter Hungry Hyena and GBV can not rule Zambia. And well done! Kavindele hammered a nail on its head!
Need to learn more from the Rwandan ideologies.
42.1, you in fact are the one who is missing the point! HH is my favourite in the coming election but he has blundered here. You cannot talk of ‘policy implementation’ without democracy – freedom! There is no freedom in Rwanda. Rwandans implement policies because of the fear they have of Kagame. They clean streets not because they are the cleanest people in the world but because dictator Kagame directs that everyone including the sick must wake up one day every month and clean streets. Compare this with Namibia. Windhoek is the cleanest city in the world because Namibians genuinely want to keep their city clean. It is a culture that forces them to clean their city not fear of guns the Kagame way. 42.1, you are like HH, you don’t understand Kagame’s Rwanda. HH if you are reading this,…
It is not all about democracy, China is the fastest growing economy for decades but you can’t call the Chinese system a proper democracy
I am one for democracy and human rights. But there comes a time when, (without necessarily plunging into autocracy and serious human rights breaches) you need a leader who can take the country and its citizens by the scruff of their necks and drag them kicking and screaming into a culture of work and the 21st century. The continued vision-less talk, haphazard carry on and no plans governance must end. Zambia needs a strong robust leader – not a dictator, but equally no-nonsense one. To get everyone off their backsides with a realistic blue-print for kick starting the economy that will benefit most people, not only a group of pretend governors who have been reaping the country off.
Rwanda has brains. It’s what makes the difference.
Randwa, a classic example indeed, in Africa. It’s worth emulating.
Hh uli chikopo consider the size and the population of rwanda.
imagine all these projects roads,hospitals,clinics,hydro power stations,bridges, were taken to rwanda u thihk pf has worked.the problem u are self centred you only think only things done by you are perfect nonses
i just love this man Mr Kudos man of wisdom vote ECL 2911 Haters will Hate
KIGALI WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ON AFRICA 12 MAY 2016
when you hear the conversations that went on from RWANDA at WEC you will Agree THAT HH is not being Honest on ZAMBIAS FORTUNES relative to other countries performance
Look at the Reports and conversations critically you will agree HH has underemphasised the Performance of His colleagues
https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-on-africa-2016/live#stream
Zambia has fairly performed
SONTAPOFYE IWE!!! ECL2016!!!!!!!
Sometimes when you do a little bit of research then you will know that Rwanda similarly with Zambia is Not Performing given its immerse endowments with natural resources It has half of the country covered with resources yet its Growth is below expectations its revenue losses are significant as result similar to Zambia with reduced capital flows in capital and remittances resulting in similar fallout of the Rwanda’s franc and Reserves
I hope he has been to KIGALI RECENTLY FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN AFRICA 12 to 14 may 2016 He should have not PUT THESE COMMENTS especially with forecast on Rwanda pointing less better than Zambia…
We have always known this guy to be a laggard. He has spent too much time in opposition which has kept him captive. His approach to opposition politics is that of the 1970’s. The only difference is that he uses today’s Pajero’s for his campaigns. The danger is that this man will grab anything and think that it will work for our country only to realize that it was 1970’s principle.
Does HH know that money comes from Congo DR?
Little knowledge is dangerous!
Ugh mm Mr HH, what we have heard so far is that you know all these things, that you have the monopoly of economics,. But now you are telling us that there is a larger genius called Kagame to whom you are no match. Are you saying that you now doubt your famed capabilities? That even you have to learn from someone? but that is what we have been telling you all along, elo mwabuka Lelo ba HH?