As predicted, the PF want to increase fuel pump prices and electricity tariffs to new unaffordable margins. These services are a lifeline and engine with which any economy is driven and spurred. The adjustments will therefore have a telling effect for both big and small scale entrepreneurs, including the ordinary citizens who are already severely strained by the never ending increases.
We are currently experiencing excessive electricity load shedding. Businesses and households that could afford resorted to electricity generators as alternative source of power, especially for huge industrial and domestic equipment. These measures are regrettably coming at a critical period of the ongoing agriculture season, where farmers are busy in the fields using these same services.
We arrived at this economic crisis because we have depleted the foreign reserves that were being used to cushion the weakening currency. We warned the PF against excessive borrowing which has now led us into huge debt repayment situation.
Fellow citizens, we have to brace ourselves for hard times ahead. Cheaper fuel is possible as per our illustration previously which we have uploaded again.
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema
Foote’s friend is right for once. Don’t increase.
Goodness is that we can’t vote for h². The economy is so bad that if we made a mistake of voting for him, he would resign in the light of his advise to Bwalya Ng’andu a couple of days ago.
He has no practical solutions on the economy. He is a spectator perusing economic book pages for theoretical makeshift solution to an economic hitch.
Yak! The economy is bad mwe just resign Bwalya, yet he wants to be president of the same ailing economy.
Double Standards prophet h².
So bwana hichilema if they should not increase, what must they do as you forge this check and balances.
ProveThorn wrong. He is mocking you.
This is what am talking about…lets not get distracted by PF bandits…now this is what we should all be talking about not homosexuality….thanks HH…you’ve matured and am sure you are now ready to rule Zambia…lets get rid of PF bandits
double is fincial giant THORN we made a very big error to vote for ecl who was broke. he is now rich bcoz of stealing. everything will go after increase of fuel and opwer soonest. hh cant steal he knows how to manage his finances properly. if it was sata bill 10 thrown away, kaiza zulu was going to be locked. everything is just wrong
Bapompwe!
The face of evil in Zambia. Privatisation thief, money laundering thief and tax-evading thief.
Zambians spending more time on things that ain’t productive. Ask yourselves what’s happening to our economy, why are we fighting each other, how come we have expatriates in all circles e.g construction, companies and not in politics The way these politicians are bringing in Chinese to do all works let them bring in the British to show them how the rule of law is carried out in a democracy.
Increased pump fuel prices? It’s the general public to feel the effects! Just how much of the national yearly budget is spent on the free fuel that the leaders are given to waste? Any upwards adjustments to the cost of fuel does not affect them! From the Lungu promised lower fuel prices to skyrocketing prices! Please at least lower the cost of shoes!
HH is ready to lead Zambia as President let’s give him a chance
HH is ready to become a Chief in NAMWALA, give him a chance.
Soggy …God forbid! a homo & gay right activist to govern Zambia. What will our children learn?
Please Zambians, let us listen to international news. The organisation of oil producing countries is threatening to reduce production so as to push the price up. Is the PF a member of this organisation?
Your minister cited the depreciation of the Kwacha and not that nonsense mune. It only means if they do that it will be an additional increase to the PF induced increase due to dullness
Iwe HH , in your pricing model you have indicated that you will cancel dealer margin. So who will pay the dealers? In short you are saying OMC should run the filling stations themselves ai? Nomba ifwe tukalakulya iwe bati??
Bwana HH, you are dealing with the wrong citizenry! It’s shocking how our people have such high affinity for misleaders! When Suffering, begging and poverty become the new normal in a society, that society is doomed! Add religion and promise of heaven to the mix, then you have lost a brainwashed country forever! At the end of the day, People deserve the bad leaders they get. If I was you HH, I would not be wasting time trying to help a people that are too proud of their poverty. Allow PF to continue squeezing them hard! Please ERB, we need Fuel to go up to K25/liter and electricity tariffs of $3/KWh! Let’s roll! Wafwa wafwa! Washala washala! Natural Selection is good! It gets rid of weak genes!
I agree with you 100% but the problem is because of some of these dull f**ls we have to suffer with them. I wish there was like a fence and in 2011 whoever votes pf goes into their side of the fence and whoever votes mmd stays with them. Than yes we would have enjoyed watching some of these clowns suffer through our fence of mmd.but unfortunately its not like that. We have to suffer because of these dull voters. Use brains imwe..time to move on. Forget pf like a bad dream. Even if upnd fail than vote them out after 5 years.
Now that HH has let the cat out of the bag, am sure they wont increase. thanks HH. you are not my favorite but as things stand, i can vote for you.
but if they increase, some of us who drive 4ltr engine vehicles will suffer more. but downgrade yena teti, its not my portion.
Bwana HH tell the truth….
You know very well that first quarter of the year fuel prices are likely to go up on international markets.
How come you say that “PF” want to increase fuel prices…?
Because your energy minister alluded to it just yesterday citing the continued depreciation of the Kwacha mune.
Another chikopo.
@Asante your HH is the one fooling you. The problem with you Zambians is that you want to politicise everything your hear even before you analyse what is really happening on ground. Research first.
Always sweet talk when in opposition…but the moment they have power, it’s business as usual. Has fuel or mmeal been cheep since independence? When we changed government in 1991, mmd promised to reduce the price of mmeal and fuel but what happened?? PF came in 2011 and promised cheaper mmeal and fuel, but where are we today?? And now upnd is here promising cheaper mmeal and fuel…same stories…??!! Only blind followers would buy into HH cheap talk. Truth be told, things will never be cheaper or remain the same. The world is changing and so is Zambia.
And only blind !d!ots will stick with PF after seeing that they are clueless.
Comment:vmune, are you are this full?
I seem not to understand your logic. Are you implying that if PF are struggling to manage the economy then we should just sit and watch until we are all buried in the ditch? That is absurdity. You develop by trying new people with fresh ideas. Zambia belongs to us all and any one can aspire for presidency. The one who is making economy sense is the one we need to run this country not the one who goes taking selfies in other countries.
Iwe fuel and melie meal was any time cheeper during the mmd. Were you asleep.
Moscow/Vienna – OPEC and allied led by Russia are gearing up to approve deeper oil production CUT this week to prevent a new glut and collapse on oil prices with OPEC member Iraq saying the move was supported by the key members.This is international challenge and the Zambian government has nothing to do with this challenge by far.
Your energy minister cited the continued depreciation of the kwacha as the reason for the impending fuel increment and not that nonsense.
Just tell us the solution and stop making noise.
How does telling your MP’s to walk out of parliament solve the issues the country is going through. Let the people who voted for those MPs see them being well represented in Parliament. The interests not the party should come second to that of this nation okay Mr HH.
@since ni since, you mean you did not see HH’s illustration there? Why are you Zambians this dull, your minister said the reason to increase the fuel is because of the depreciation of the kwacha, and Mr.HH above gave reasons why the kwacha is week, something he has been warning the pf all along. Where did the minister cite international prices? Brace yourselves because if that happens then it will be a double increament
Pragmatician Icon – Surely instead of offering alternatives to this man we are mocking him or want to give up that there is nothing we can do. What has become of this country? I have difficulties to under some of you.
We are saying fuel increase is international. Surely we cant remove some of the overhead costs to reduce on costs when there is an increase by international suppliers to save our people from suffering?
Imagine ai !!!.
Something has bewitched Zambians!
This bunch of Zambians we have today would not have managed to achieve political independence of 1964!
The country has lost direction! Citizens have a civic duty to participate in the good governance of their country. Thanks to religion and education, some citizens want nothing to do with civic duties! They don’t vote. They don’t participate in civil discourse. They are aloof and have left state craft matters to the least qualified and yet they are the first to complain when the economy is nose-diving. A man must hold his manhood for urine to have direction. Similarly, citizens are responsible for their destiny!
I honestly feel ashamed to be Zambian, I mean, just why did god endower Zambians with such an abundant gift of stupi.dity! Theft is playing out right before their eyes but they seem so obliviously blind to the ravaging Lungu is exposing them to. It must also be tribal bigotry, they just can’t jump the tribal barrier to vote for a Tonga. You bet even if Jesus came out Tonga, all Nyanjas and Bembas will convert to Islam, well especially if only to clain ten virgins from the Archangel Gabriel. The only solution is really to dissolve Zambia and we go our own ways.
Can’t find the Zambia Police email (only phone numbers on their website and website admin email address). Please forward en masse.
Hi ZP,
I would like to bring to your attention scammers who are stealing from people by pretending to be car dealers selling repossessed vehicles on behalf of the banks at ridiculously cheap prices. They pretend to run a legitimate business at a Garage called Prestige Motors website prestigemotors_dot_co_dot_za, address cnr great North and west st Pomona Kempton (a lie because the address is for a different company). They operate internationally under different aliases and disguise websites, e.g. caryandi_dot_com (Zambia); cartsenga_dot_com (Swaziland).
They use some of the following numbers to communicate with their victims via WhatsApp: +2773 409…
They use some of the following numbers to communicate with their victims via WhatsApp: +2773 409 0208; +2781 051 4535; +2767 664 3090.
Please investigate and arrest these criminals before more victims lose their money and livelihood.
P.S. I was looking at buying a car for my nephew who lives in Zambia. I almost fell victim to the scammers but I was suspicious and started investigating them. It didn’t take me long before I discovered that they are a big scam.
HH LIKE TRUMP IS A CROOKED BUSINESS MAN, DON’T MAKE MISTAKE OF GIVING HIM POWER, HE WILL JUST GO THERE TO ENRICH HIMSELF! IF HE HAD THE HEART FOR ZAMBIA’S DEVELOPMENT WHY IS HE BANKING HIS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF-SHORE? OTHER COUNTRIES ARE MAKING USE OF HIS MONEY THROUGH TAXES AND BANK TRANSFER CHARGES! HES A WRONG CHAP ALREADY! ASK FRED MMEMBE, HE DESCRIBES HH BETTER!
Chikubabe – your comment awe sure.kkkkkk
Boring, I mean this trible boy.
Don`t let HH brain wash you, all this chap says is a lie. When did the Government of the day say that and how? Stop making up stories that you don`t even understand.
Sometimes we begin to ask our selves questions like where did HH come from, or he`s he in a right mind? And if at all is been to school, was he understanding what the teachers was teaching? Because what he says, thinks or what he removes from his mouth is contrally to what the Government says. He talks like is dreaming, is indeed a toga and is a liar big time.
A few individuals chewing in the regime now they don’t have any outlets so let’s increase on everything because the coffers have dried out brace for harder times Zambians wake up
Trustworthy is important, do do not tell that there is crisis when there in none just because you want to gain their cooperation
point of correction! nobody is forced to support the PF Government, the government of the day , the ruling party , Zambians have all the rights to vote for whom ever they want to vote for its not like there have been a citizen that has been strangled to death by the PF cadres and then told to vote for PF Government hell no such has never happened, so please stop saying that Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu is forcing and bribing people to vote for him smh. YES Electricity has been a problem for the passed months we all can relate that but we are citizens of this country must understand and look up to the Government provided that its doing everything possible over this issue…
UPND really wants to get into the government through the back door called coalition, it wont happen unless those you sing praises for.
Sometimes when I look at this man, I fear that he can be the waste dictator Zambia has ever had. things are bad. but the people of Zambia does not have so much trust in this man. he needs to rebrand himself to a trust worthy and approachable leader. As far as I have come to learn about Zambian people, peace matters to them most than anything else.
And its true where there peace and tranquility, everything else is achievable. it not being docile its wisdom at play. that why this country needs a leader with a genuine heart for the people.