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We working on modalities to address the bottlenecks affecting the growth of businesses in Zambia

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President Hakainde Hichilema says his administration is working on modalities that will address the bottlenecks affecting the growth of business in the country.

And President Hichilema has called on investors to create sound relationships with Zambians, describing it as the only best insurance policy investors can ever have in Zambia.

Mr. Hichilema says government remains committed to attracting meaningful investment in order to better the lives of citizens.

He says streamlining the business licenses acquisition is one of the ways his administration wants to do business.

And while emphasising the need for value addition on Zambian produced products, Mr. Hichilema said the business community should not segregate itself from the population.

Mr. Hichilema said instead, the two should be intertwined, with vested interest in each other for sustainable development.

Mr. Hichilema said during the United Party for National Development (UPND) fundraising Gala dinner at Protea Hotel in Ndola, that investors should work closely with local people to stimulate development.

He said Zambia can only develop when businesses are up and running thus his administration is working hard to provide an environment that will support business growth.

Meanwhile, President Hichilema has assured that as a party in government, the UPND will not use public funds for any party activities.

“Secretary General, treasurer general and colleagues in the party. There will be no carding with public money for party use. I am protecting you from going to jail 20 years from now. It means I love you,” he said.

Mr. Hichilema said the UPND will be the first political party to create a distinction between the usage of public and political party funds.

He said the UPND survived for 23 years in the opposition without funding from government and that there should be no room for usage of public funds for any party functions.

20 COMMENTS

  1. Next time someone comes with promises, we must interview them and ask them to sign that if they are found to be making unfull fillable promises they will step down without resorting to excuses.

    • Mr President your inflation numbers do not reflect what is on the ground. Denny Kalyalya and Musokotwane must be livinng i n a different world and should be very clever economists. Inflation world over is getting out of hand and consquently the rising cost of food . In Europe, INDIA, USA, inflation has shot up. Coming near home, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, MALAWI , ZIMBABWE inflation is skyrocketting and so are food prices and fuel prices. Only Zambia is having good inflation figures world over. If these figures are correct then Zambia should be the only country today which should be having lower cost of food and fuel. But since the ” good ” inflation figures are not translating in lower cost of food we have doubts about where the minister of Finance and the bank Governor are…

    • @ London…. each time I ask my friends who are hard core Upnd, the answer I am given is that since I am not an economist I cannot understand this. Yes as far as I am concerned even my grandfather is an economist because he was buying a tray of eggs at 35 Kwacha and now it’s 52 Kwacha….he knows that the price has gone up… that’s enough economic expertise.

  2. Already the economy is showing growth from -0.4% which the PF left it to -2.8. Look at the numbers not kubwetuka for nothing.

    • Just like the PF goons, you also see reality with tinted glasses. I can’t use my car to go to Ndola because I can no longer afford fuel. I can’t drink my usual three times a day cup of coffee because I can no longer afford sugar. Keep those figures to yourself.

    • De Javu, look closely, the figures are in minus which is negative growth. You might revisit your response

    • @Deja Vu, stop taking that much sugar, that’s not healthy at all!
      But yes, the cost of living has gone up.

  3. Mr, President , only you is seeing that things are looking good. Down HERE….the price of bread is nearly hitting K20 soon, Sugar heading towards K50 for 2KG , Fuel running towards K25. I do not know which lenses you are using to see that things are getting better Sir. Its tough out here Sir……VERY TOUGH!!

  4. To the Die-hard Upnd members… be assured that I will be the first one to praise your Government if and when prices of essentials physically become affordable. Not these theories which are just increasing our starvation.

  5. @Deja vu & the rest of PF cadres: WHat prices are you cadres always complaining about?Even if we talk about prices,can you compare these prices anything to mount of DEBT which you PF zealots burdened the entire Zambia with? On the other hand, Do you maggots not see that you now have free Education and very very high CDF allocation.But all you can do is complain “complain high prices high prices” Besides that what exactly do you buy? Fuel for those Chinese plastic car of yours that you didnt even pay ZRA importation tax. Atase! panyo panu.

  6. In case you didnt know, This new dawn Government, is not here to please any single PF cadre. You kwaks will scream your loudest atleast for the next 50years,mark my words. Cos there ll be no room for you in Zambia.Those days are gone but you havent just seen it yet as proof-its coming. Anything this GRZ does, is for Zambians(those who were opressed by all of you above PF cadres), So when HH promises something, he is promising Zambians not you, hence you ve no right(either by birth or law) to complain of life getting hard-ofcourse Life is supposed to get hard,but only to you PF cadres. So dont invite yourselves to the party cos you are not invited to enjoy the benefits of the UPND rule. go away-futsek!

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  7. So ba Upnd have special shops and filling stations,? The rest of Zambians have no alternative but to suffer the high prices?

  8. I have requested the UPND government, and also the UPND party office, to provide me with the details of the shopping basket items that they use to calculate the inflation figures. IT WAS REFUSED. I’m tracking the inflation numbers for more than a decade now, using internationally accepted protocol – and the inflation is still above 20.3%. Mr President, your government is NOT telling the truth!

  9. Besides, I am much more interested in getting the EXCHANGE RATE of the Kwacha restored – but that is still hovering around 17 Kwacha to the dollar: that’s ANOTHER campaign promise busted!

  10. When it comes to increasing fuel prices….we say it is global phenominon. When food prices are going up we are again told its global.
    We all know this inflation is global ……..BUT NOT IN ZAMBIA…..Only Musokwatane and Kalyalya can explain.

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