Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita says the government of President Edgar Lungu has and continues to honor the country’s freedom fighters by building economic development on the political freedom they fought for.
Addressing 160 guests at the Maritim Hotels in the German capital Berlin to toast Zambia’s 54th Independence Anniversary, Ambassador Mukwita said President Lungu’s government has improved the country’s outlook in the infrastructure and social sectors fulfilling the dreams of the freedom fighters who wanted to see a better life for all.
“Since independence, we have had the same airport servicing only one million passengers per year but in a few months if not weeks, we are opening an ultramodern airport which will be servicing about 4 million passengers per year”, Mr. Mukwita said amid applauds.
Mr. Mukwita shared a number of advances in such sectors as primary health in which the number of deaths related to pregnancies or child development has drastically reduced owing to advances in government investment.
At independence, Zambia was served by one major hospital (UTH) in capital Lusaka supported by a handful of district hospitals and rural health centers and health posts.
But Mr. Mukwita said under President Lungu, efforts have been largely expanded upon with hundreds of health posts and each district with an ultramodern hospital performing more challenging medical procedures.
He acknowledged that in recent months, Zambian doctors have performed medical procedures that would have been considered unthinkable at independence such as the separation of Siamese twins, heart surgeries and a kidney transplant.
He said President Lungu’s government has also revived a State investment initiative called Industrial Development Corporation, whose mandate is to manage public investments.
Mr. Mukwita noted that under the post-independence government of President Kaunda, public investments were coordinated under such bodies as INDECO, FINDECO and MINDECO.
He said scrapping of such entities after the Kaunda government lost power in 1991 received mixed feelings with some observers criticizing the move as lacking economic justification however under the PF government, the move is seen as acknowledgement of the fact that the State has a role to play in economic affairs.
“This is not to say that it has been smooth sailing for President Lungu”, Ambassador Mukwita said, adding, “but these achievements must inspire us to work harder comfortable in the knowledge that we have what it takes to overcome our challenges”.
Mukwita stop crossing the boarder in to the Netherlands to smoke weed, Lungu is a stup!d dander head who has no plan for his country
Please don’t insult here put your thoughts rationally. Edgar Lungu has lamentably failed in the socio economic agenda of the country. Antony Mukwita like Bowman Lusambo are not rational politicians but bootlickers so you expect them to parrot at any given time. The country is in serious decline and you are preaching the opposite, are you aware of the exchange rate situation, did you know get the latest inflation figures in Berlin.
Mukwita, where do you think the three million people you are boasting about to use the new airport will come from? The way you put it is like the three million people are denied to use the airport because it’s small and now that govt has built a bigger airport, the three will now be given a chance to use the airport!
It takes more than just making a bigger airport to get people fly and use the airport to capacity! I hope it won’t be a white elephant and put the country in more debts!
This disgusting little bootlicking rat!!
Mukwita, Mwamba & Kapijimpanga, Can you guys go through your job descriptions and understand your roles. Leave praise singing to cadres or come back and join them. why do you guys always want to be in the media, are you the only ambassadors this country has?
Mukwita go write another useless book if you have nothing to do. And which money are you using to hold all these parties hope not the funding received for running the mission. Remember what happened to nevers Mumba.