President Edgar Lungu has travelled to Mwinilunga district in North-western Province to flag off the launch of the 2018/2019 farming season.
The Head of State was seen off by Vice President Inonge Wina, Defence Chiefs, Cabinet Ministers, and senior government and party officials.
The Zambia Air force Force (ZAF) plane carrying President Lungu who is accompanied by Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe, his Spokesperson Amos Chanda and other government officials, left Lusaka’s City Airport about 08.25 hrs.
President Lungu is upon arrival at Solwezi Airport, expected to proceed to Mwinilunga district to launch the farming season at Chief Chibwika’s farm.
The President will later in the day participate in a field tour of Chief Chibwika’s farm and engage small scale farmers in the area in hand hoe farming as well as to demonstrate the tractor ripping and planting among others.
The President is expected back in Lusaka later today after concluding the launch of the farming season.
Miles Sampa looks ‘humble’ in the picture…lol Has he given up his presidential ambitions?
Ba opposition lyonse ni bitterness na jealous. Let the president work. Even you go & start preparing your farm. Rains are coming. You don’t Lima next year ati the government is not doing anything. Mule baza mwebantu.
This chap must be a block head. Where does he see the bitterness and jealous all the time in opposition? Opposition is not bitter, they are just reminding you of the lies you promised people, shaaa
The president leaving for Mwinilunga is not news
The UPND has sarcastically applauded the PF for marching in solidarity with “those stripping our national assets and taking us back into colonialism.”
By Zambia Eye
The opposition party has also expressed amusement at the “express speed” at which the police command in the province processed the PF permit to match in support of the Chinese.
Yesterday, hundreds of ruling party youths on the Copperbelt led by provincial youth chairperson Nathan Chandra marched through the streets of Ndola in protest against what they called xenophobic attacks against foreign investors.
Although there was no mention of nationality, the protest was apparently in solidarity with Chinese nationals who have come under attack from some Zambians.
Commenting on the protest march by the PF youths, UPND deputy…
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… UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka said: “As UPND, we never knew a day would come when the Zambia Police under Charity Katanga would allow our own people to match in support of those stripping our national assets and taking us back into colonialism.
“Even more shocking is the express speed with which Charity Katanga processed the PF permit to match in support of the Chinese who are grabbing everything in the country from minerals, land, assets such as ZNBC, ZAFFICO and even grave sites in Chongwe.”
Mucheleka hopes the police will equally allow the opposition to march ” in defence of our land and national assets.”
“We hope this is a truly change of heart on the part of the police in the application of the Public Order Act and will allow us in the UPND and…
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… Public Order Act and will allow us in the UPND and other opposition political parties, plus other citizens that will soon be matching and mobilising citizens in defence of our land and national assets.
“Like our President Hakainde Hichilema said, we shall not stop talking about PF corruption, economic collapse, and now ripping off of our national assets and land.
“The PF protest in defence of the Chinese yesterday went incident free as the police gave them all the protection they needed and we expect the same treatment as well when our President Hakainde Hichilema appears for police summons next week on Tuesday.
“We once more want to congratulate the PF for openly protesting in support and siding with the Chinese who want to grab ZAFFICO against the wishes of the people…
Comment:safe journey Mr presidential
Is he aware about Climate change and the EL Nino Phenomenon forecast for Southern Africa? Hope he is going to talk about mitigation measures like irrigation as well!
Okay, if he went or he did not go to Mwinilunga – what do we loose?
@Chalo – interesting comment. Let’s look at this from a management and productivity standpoint. If the president w the CEO of Zambia Inc and we were paying him 7 figures, would you accept this as a good use of his time? Don’t we have a capable minister of agriculture or Director
of Agriculture that can do that? Is there a need to micro manage such a Business As Usual event?