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President Edgar Lungu has the best interest of the youth at heart-PS

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President Edgar Lungu has the best interest of the youth at heart, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Dr John Phiri has said.

Speaking when he flagged off the first four fuel Tanker Trucks for youth beneficiary cooperatives under Kapesika Energy and Petroleum, Dr Phiri said the ministry will continue to empower the youths as youth empowerment is an ongoing process.

Dr Phiri said the ministry has engaged an appropriate oil marketing company Kapesika to assist in managing the Tanker trucks.

He said the Tankers belong to four cooperatives namely, Lotus Youth Cooperative, Logam Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Ndola Central Youth Cooperative and Himos Enterprise.

“It is the Desire of the Ministry that Capacity is built in the Youth to run the tanker trucks on their own after they pay back and for them to dominate the transport sector,” he said.

Dr Phiri stated that revenue which will be paid back by the cooperatives is expected to empower more youths.

“The Ministry has scheduled annual review meetings at which we will be reviewing progress made in the implementation of the fuel Tanker truck project, to reflect on where we are, where we are going and to project for the future,” he said.

And Kapesika Energy and Petroleum Limited Operations Manager Mwansa Chanda has thanked President Edgar Lungu for empowering the Youths. Mr Mwansa said he is hopeful that more Zambians will be empowered through the initiative.

“Our prayer is that, through this empowerment, more youths participate in the this sector which is mostly dominated by foreigners,” he said.

Also present at the event was Ministry of Youth and Sport, Director youth cade chikobo.

10 COMMENTS

  1. No surprise that the only youths visible on the photos are criminal PF cadres! And campaigning was not permitted??? Oh, I forgot, that rule doesn’t apply to Edgar China Lungu and his corrupt PF government!

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  2. Its like the govt has not learnt a lesson from the failed bus empowerment which is easy to run which lamentably failed and buses being taken back. It takes time to build business capacity not just throwing money into a bottomless pit. What makes the govt think that this time around the same youths will manage to successfully run the empowerment induced ventures. The best the govt can do is to restructure the current curriculum from current white color job seeking to skills development. We need more trades schools for train our children in survival skills.

  3. Amazing development. Look how this has upset the two t.o.n.g.a upnd f00Is above. What have you two v.a.g.i.n.a.s done to help y0uth? I will tell you what I have done,. I have created jobs in my c0mpanies and apprentlceshlp pr0grams for young people. Our first ever apprentlce is now a generaI manager who is earning more than you two knuckIe heads

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  4. NO ONE IS UPSET
    A SIMPLE QUESTION COMPANY NAME ??
    GIVING TRUCKS IS FINE FOR SOME BUT WHAT ABOUT MAINTENANCE WAGES ETC ETC > WHERE ARE THESE FUNDS COMING FROM ???
    IF THE TRUTH WAS TOLD AND DETAILS GIVEN THESE QUESTIONS WOULDNT ARISE
    SO STOP DUCKING AND DIVING

  5. This is what happens when you appoint cadres as civil servants they think they are ministers and hardwired to appease politicians….boy I miss MMD when we had technocrats in such positions.

  6. These are just proxy companies for ministers…surely how do you empower so called youth with oil tankers…do they even know the health and safety involved? How they going to pay back and to whom…we saw such schemes when fat BUFFOON CK was at this ministry. How much has been paid back so far?

  7. I would have loved learn the number of youths in each cooperative and each member’s role in a day to day running of the tanker business. If they were tractors given one would easily figure out what members would be doing e.g. some planting, weeding, harvesting etc.

  8. But where is unwine wa mushi ya Zambia? I absolutely love the quezon this forum, give details. All these empowerment fimo fimo are a gimmick and not sustainable in the absence of proper business acumen. Open industries so everyone has an opportunity to get a job they desire.
    Zambians need to change the way we think, politicians do not need to dash you bread crumbs when you can get your own bread

  9. PSs are civil servants. They are not supposed to be partisan. Unfortunately Zambia has seen its presidents overuse their power to start appointing PSs. The opposition don’t complain because they envy this overuse of power. Do we have to rely on John Sangwa to challenge unconstitutional actions?

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