LEADER of the opposition in Parliament Felix Mutati says he is impressed with the flow of people visiting health centres for healthcare services following the scrapping of user fees by Government.
Mr Mutati said Parliament last week approved the 2012 budget and it is now time for implementation, especially in the social sectors.
“The increase in the number of people visiting health centres is a testimony that the user fees were a big hindrance for people seeking medical attention. It also shows that the country is headed in the right direction in the health sector,” he said.
Mr Mutati, who is also Lunte member of Parliament, was speaking when he donated assorted Christmas gifts to patients at Kalingalinga Health Centre yesterday.
He urged Zambians to embrace each other as they enter 2012 regardless of political affiliation, businesses and religious beliefs.
Mr Mutati said a number of families are struggling to make ends meet and leaders have the huge task of reducing poverty.
“I call upon the nation to work together and focus on a common purpose of creating a better Zambia, founded on strong institutions and a Constitution that can stand the test of time,” he said.
He said Christmas will allow Zambians from all corners and tribes to search within souls and commit to living above tribe under the creed ‘One Zambia One nation’.
Mr Mutati said as the country enters the New Year, it is an opportunity, irrespective of political affiliation, to serve one another, to seek new ideas and new innovation and to start a new chapter for a great nation.
He said millions of people across the nation celebrate Christmas in the shadows of great need, in need of basic things and that should make this day special for them.
He said millions of people across the nation celebrate Christmas in the shadows of great need, in need of basic things and that should make this day special for them.
Mr Mutati said remembering the victims of floods in compounds who for Christmas means wading through water from their flooded homes begs leaders’ utmost dedication to rebuilding the nation with speed.
“Sometimes in our political discourse, we have vehemently debated while alienating the communities we were called to serve by building artificial walls of indifference and intolerance. Let Christmas be about reaching out to someone,” he said.
And Kalingalinga registered nurse Nandi Mbulwe said the health centre was facing a number of challenges such as shortage of staff and one of the fridges in the mortuary is not working.
She said with the scrapping of user fees, there is an increase of patients at the health centre.
Ms Mbulwe thanked Mr Mutati, the MMD presidential aspirant, for sharing his love with the patients at the health centre.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
The man above is very dark and a little scary
Thanks
What is the point??? Don’t you understand that a true African is darker, urgly and make false promises, Does not see wrong in his/her work. Complains of others doing good things ONLY to spoil their work.. Nawakwi once said it will be a joke for Zambia to be ruled by Sata.. what now..??? She praised Sata for appointing Nchito to DPP and his stance on corruption.
You were a senior minister in the previous govt. Why didn’t implement what the present govt has implemented? You are the people who were misleading RB because you wanted plot 1
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Mutati makes sence than litle dj hakaivola muhamad
hes now seeing the dirty corners he left with MMD….Lord help us…!!
its a good recommendation and you give credit were it is due,i hope you are going to win the mmd presidency,i like your political aproach.and become zambia 7 the president.
womaniser.. where will he take Zambia??? He has been enjoy healthier salaries for year but NEVER consider giving to poor. Do away with empty head !!!
No, the token user fee was a necessary evil. Health workers will now be unable to cope with flimsy consultations and the quality of service to genuinely ill people will fall. Use your brains people, Mutati is only mocking mr sata the message is in the last few lines.
Mutati has no moral right to talk about people’s suffering today, and now donating his ill gotten money, he has done nothing for the people in lunte, Iam only glad he is vying to be president of a dead party! he is too corrupt to be a real president!
Not this MMD Felix Mutati the WOMANIZER again!
He is a fake opposition leader honestly Zambians need serious leaders than Mutati who has made us to reach these POVERTY and UNEMPLOYMENT levels.
As Zambia run out of people who can provide good leadership than Mutati?
People suffered in Kalingalinga during the flooding and Mutati never donated anything for them during the trying period of FLOODS, but he was busy WRECKING other people’s marriages.
Has Mutati forgotten his Lunte constituency? That is where he was supposed to take the CHRISTMAS presents because electorates in the RURAL constituency like LUNTE can not even afford anything for CHRISTMAS.
Mutati is a SELFISH womanizer politician who is busy living in Lusaka while people in LUNTE are suffering!
SHAME
whats wrong with you mushota,are you just fine upstairs?if you have bleached your skin dont say bullshit here, okey?isnt he lighter than your dad?
anyway those of you attacking mutati,are you happy with the opposition always critisisig the govt?atleast the man is being honest that’s how an educated person should behave,praise where its worthy.
Ba Mutati ? awe nshikwete namashiwi mwe.
Mutati is a spineless bootlicker who was just busy licking RB’s boots. This is the same Guy who was insulting zambians that they cannot understand windfall tax. Both Mutati and Nevers are just good in talking and should never be trusted.
To rejoice because you are seeing a lot of sick people is pathetic.
Don’t just deal with the symptoms but try and eradicate the cause – poverty!
A lot of people trying to seek medical attention. Let’s train and employ more health workers. Let’s motivate them by putting more money in their pockets. Let’s build more clinics in many places. Let’s buy more drugs and equipment for our clinics and hospitals. Let’s have more lecturers in healthcare. All this means more employment. But the health sector is not an income generating ministry it is a vital social spending sector. Where do we find money to do all this? Reduce theft and corruption, reduce number of ministries. Work harder, get more tax, let’s create more companies even to make razor blades as long as they pay tax. Bla..bla..blah…