President Edgar Lungu says talks with Chinese government through its embassy and his administration over the re-opening of the Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles have advanced.
Speaking at Neempark Lodge in Kabwe during a meeting with the clergy last evening, President Lungu stated that he is pushing to expedite the operationalizing of the textile factory before the next general elections period.
The head of state said his administration is determined and continues to implement a number of projects as it is the responsibility of government and not to woo political support as purported by some people.
President Lungu said government will continue to review programs such as the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) to improve service delivery.
He warned that civil servants frustrating the FISP programme will be arrested as he expects the 2019/2020 farming season to show a lot of improvements.
And speaking during the same meeting Road Development Agency (RDA) National Chairman, Samuel Mukupa said government is rolling out roads throughout the country.
Mr Mukupa however said the resource envelope for the country could not accommodate all roads across the country at once.
He also said government through the agency has also invited other stakeholder to participate in the road sector under the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) or contract financing.
He said government has received favourable response from people who would want to invest in the road sector.
Earlier Bishop Banda New Christian Life Church, on behalf of the clergy in Kabwe petitioned President Lungu and his administration to look at the state of roads, quicken the re-opening of the Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles and considered tax w
We have heard that one about mulungushe textiles before.
Stop importing all GRZ uniforms.
What’s in it for the Chinese??? The moment we find that out is the moment we get to open it.
We got to incentivize them with something, right now their focus is on raw material and commodity procurement.
Anything outside that box is outside their industrial expansion parameters. Why should the Chinese help us at Mulungushi when their own textile industry is our competitor?
China has the world’s largest textile industry at the moment … go figure.
What is there for Him?
What’s in it for the Chinese ?
Well if we ban all imports of chitenge and GRZ uniforms they will soon find out what’s in it for them.
Only fools can believe Lungu on the reopening of the textile. No shame to make another fake promise in Kabwe.
True we have heard this before and it almost always has to do with elections.
“President Edgar Lungu says talks with Chinese government through its embassy and his administration over the re-opening of the Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles have advanced.”
That says it all….yet the same moron has let his govt sign overpriced million dollar defense uniform contracts with Chinese textile companies …you see how fooooolish the man is, he clearly needs a thorough mental examination.
Wenye alungu
Attempted to open but was taken over by dunnuna reverse euphoria and people forgot. Lungu sneaked into State House forgot. Now he’s realised he will be picked up on this by CK.
Silly Lungu thinks he’s smart.
Folks in Kabwe must be confused. They’ve been thinking it was open all along since 2016.
It was just window dressing, it was never operational.
Really laughable even the PF cadres on the thread are bewildered by their dull incompetent leader!!
Lies have short legs, they seem to resurface every time we are close to elections. People of Kabwe wake up and smell the coffee. Nothing and I mean nothing will happen with that textile. A lie told many times makes the liar believe his own lies that are then transmitted to cadres who cannot think for themselves and they eventually embrace the lie which leads them astray. Education is not meant for someone to speak good English, it must develop your faculties to discern truth from gibberish. Surely are so naïve that we are being taken for a ride till we end up in destitution? Or we simply turn a blind eye, get a bribe and move on?
Well said ….We are a bunch of easily fooled people and just look down or pretend it’s not happening.
Liers shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Ba Jona is f***king rather screwing the people of kabwe over and over again.
How many times is it going to be opened?
I also wanted to ask the same question asked by #6 Makusi. I thought is was opened in 2016,and people are even employed.
But ma Chinese muba konda zoona!!! We can’t get help from anywhere else sure or do things on our own?
As @1 Spaka has rightly put it,that textile factory was put there by KK to provide market for cotton farmers,produce uniform requirements for ZNS,Army,Airforce naba Cadet including worksuits. It also produced some chitenge. Now as @1.1BR Mumba has put it,what will be the incentive for the Chinese to revitalise it when we are importing all textile requirements from them?? Till we change the way we think we will not move ahead industrially!! Let us stop importing some of our requirements and produce them locally!!
That is right, ban imports of all chitenge and GRZ uniforms, you see the the Chinese running to produce it locally because even the Indians will be thinking of producing locally.
We have the market.
That is our strength ….we have the market.
That is how Donald trump deals with the Chinese. He squeezes them because he knows the USA has the market.
This is why I call him Lazy Lungu he lacks basic faculties …I mean even banning of plastic bags would have been an ideal to kickstart this factory in producing textile shopping bags…but for him to think he has to consult foreign govts.
In 2016 Lusaka Times reported: President Edgar Lungu has officially re-opened the Mulungushi Textiles in Kabwe. This comes after about nine years since the firm ceased operations due to operational challenges. And President Lungu disclosed that government will invest 15 million US dollars in re-establishing the factory. The President says the textile factory will create over 20 thousand jobs in the next five years.
I thought maybe the President had forgotten he had reopened the factory in 2016.
We need to remind him of that make he must be accountable.
Just ban imports of textiles, you see the Chinese running to operate from mulungushi textiles. We have the market.
After banning all imports If the Chinese don’t step in to manufacture locally to satifiy the market, others will. They lose.
That is now Donald trump deals with the Chinese, he knows he has the power of the market. If they don’t make locally in the USA , alternatives will be found and they lose out.
No sane person can trust Lungu on reopening of the textile.
Liars must have good memories. The lie was told by the same president when begging for votes. The fake reopening of the textile was live on cameras and dances charechterised the event.
Why did the Tanzanian Investor change his mind about buying Mulungushi Textiles? It means the PF has bad investment policies or it doesn’t care about its citizens. Nothing else! Kabwe is almost dead now.
Any one with a video of the reopening in 2016 liars must never be left scot free especially wen in leadership thats taking pipo for granted.
The problem with Kabwe people is that they are quite dull
No sir, the people of Kabwe are not quite dull, but very dull & docile
Please wake up our brothers and sisters in Kabwe!!
Am starting to believe Sean Tembo concerning his statements about Mutaware’s mental state.This guy has no shame repeating the same false statements all the time.Maybe he forgets what he says.
Really laughable…he thinks China will develop Chimba textile industry at the expense of Chinese textile industry…let the foool consult his Chinese bosses!!
How soon is soon?. 2016 we were told mulungushi will open soon …Now 2019 same statement three years after!!!! Aikona man!!
Please stop this madness, we are not kids to be fooled all the time.
Mulungushi textiles always opens when there are elections just before the actual polling date and immediately closes immediately after elections. This has been the norm for the past 20 or so years and will continue to be so.
Pipo it’s amazing
Come on Your Excellency, what is there to resurrect about Mulungushi Textiles? What is wrong with your advisors, if it is them? Surely even though you are a lawyer, you know very well that the equipment is ABSOLUTELY obsolete. The buildings are intact so you don’t have to ressurrect them. Surely do we have follow all the lies that the founding father told us about ressurrecting the factory? This must be a big embarrassment to the Chinese government who are made to look incompetent by “failing” to perform a Jesus Christ miracle and ressurrect Mulungushi. Nangu ma vote tulefwaya mwati ni ifi?
My practical suggestions: turn it into a chinese shopping Mall, or let the many Zambian tailors form a cooperative to use those buildings and do do contract tailoring.
Alternatively fellow Zambians, join the party of hope and integrity that I am launching in 2020 January. Please think seriously about the party name, and president…but I am available…. .
We can easily retire the PF guys, which tuma trib.als twa ba thre comedians ba trib.al Hacks naba GBV naba Chimbwilli will never succeed.
Pangani scrap metal icho chintu . Naboza musiye.
Kabwe is now a ghost town. The majority of the people who worked for big companies like Mulungushi, Zambia railways and the Mine are suffering now. All these companies are in hole. What is left in Kabwe is the barracks and the only option is to join the army. You have to know someone though. Life is not easy in Kabwe. HIV yena teyakulanda.
WTF
the problem is u have not realised that some industries cannot survive in this era hence we have to turn them into more viable projects then wasting tax payers money. take for instance post office.