VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott says Western Province deserves a fair allocation of national resources in the 2013 national budget like any other region in Zambia.
And the Patriotic Front (PF) in Western Province says the area is peaceful as security wings are doing their best to ensure peace and stability.
Speaking on arrival at Mongu Airport yesterday, Dr Scott said: “This is the time for our first PF national budget and Western Province is one of the 10 provinces entitled to as much development as possible.”
Dr Scott said he was in Mongu on an unofficial visit and merely accompanied his wife Charlotte, who officiated at the women empowerment programmes at the invitation of the Ministry of Gender and Child Development.
“When I learnt that she was coming here, I took the opportunity and I want to spend time with the party, which we have not met since elections. I also want to talk to government officers about development,” he said.
Dr Scott, arrived at 08:30 hours and was welcomed by Western Province Minister Obvious Mwaliteta, Gender Minister Inonge Wina, permanent secretary Bert Mushala, senior government officials, and a number of PF members.
And Mrs Scott said communities in the province have huge potential for the development of income generation and improved livelihoods through women’s programmes.
“Once that is imparted throughout Zambia, I think that national statistics will show that Western Province is a significant priority in that regard. So it is particularly encouraging that this programme is discussed at national level,” she said.
She hoped Gender Minister Inonge Wina would give a great insight into the prospects of development in the province.
“I am looking forward to the programme and to discuss and understand better means and ways in which we can help women’s income generation programmes really expand. I am happy to be accompanied by my husband because he is in a good position to help promote this programme at national level,” she said.
Meanwhile, PF provincial chairperson Kenneth Namutulo said the province is peaceful and development is on course.
“We are enjoying our peace and development is moving on. In the last one year, we have seen infrastructure development.
Now that we have our first budget, we will see more development. We will see new roads and schools and the sky will be the limit. Security wings are doing their best and we are secure. There should be no fear in our endeavour to develop Western Province,” he said.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
just keep on developing the other nine provinces please those people in that province are not worth to be trusted,and above all to give them development…its share waste of resourses
Charr no call!
Is amaso yobe waumfwa an insult? What about you saying,”its share waste of resourses” to the people who also contribute to the national treasury by paying taxes. Is that also not an insult. Is development not for the whole country Zambia or are you saying there is no ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION now? PLEASE, let us love one another for we are all created by the ONE and ONLY GOD, JEHOVAH.
Chizungu at “share waste of resourses”
Notorious, amaso yobe waumfwa? Viva with Barosteland
waba ichinyo mukwapa kapuli kobe..to hell mukongo wobe
What is ichinyo in English?
Some people are not worth fretting about like Notorious who has rushed to make a worthless comment above.
Anyway,it is common knowledge that the main cause of dissent in Barotseland is lack of meaningful development and if the PF led government can make inroads in that area then they would have campaigned through their deeds and not just mere rhetoric.
In the meantime,please remove all those security wings pumped into Mungu as they could be doing a better job elsewhere.
These are the people who always have the swing vote.
They made and broke RB.
Kiluba was the first to throw a spear against Barotseland, now the serpent is finishing the province.
Actually, the serpent is finishing himself. Every vote may make a very big difference come 2016.
you who call yourself Notorious you are a cursed person and you have no respect for other people.writing on the internet is not a passport for people like this notorious who can stand agaist other tribes who were also made like him in the image of God
you dont know what you are saying..i wrote inline with my views but look at you uncle by the name of CHINYO CHENU BAKOLWE? he started insulting me.
Development, development, debelopment. It is the major cry of all Zambians eespecially in rural areas. Curtail sinking majority of funds in the bottomless Lusaka. Think of rural areas, a deliberate policy. Lusaka sinks a lot of funds in imprests, serminars, allowances and what have you. Get roads and bridges done, schools done, hospitals done, agriculture supported,etc in rural areas. You will be whole heartedly voted for by the rural people just like they do in towns. Western Province is crying for this development just like many other provinces. This all the people are asking for. Its not necessarily asking for Barotseland, Bantu Bototwe, Mbala Mafya, Kwatu kumaba, or kwilamba e kwesu. They all just want development. PF you have the formula, just implement it.
the BRE refused to meet him.
Just honour the barotse agreement and take your development to Zambia. You are so dull that you cant read the writings on the wall. The Litunga REFUSED to meet the Zambian vice president and the Ngambela IGNORED his application to meet him. In full failure to meet the great leaders the ceremonial vp ends up entertaining street adults masquerading as PF cadres< you cant see that PF is long dead in barotseland. Why put a picture of Sikota there? you want to deceive people of western province? Barotseland does not need your development., why force your development through their throats?
@ # 2 and you think development will come our way by having such a language and name? guys let us grow up. such behaviour was supposed to be trashed 47 years ago and this time we should be talking how many assembly lines for cars are we going to build not insults.
Backwardness rantings. Not all Lozis, Nkoyas etc will benefit from separation. It will only benefit the leaders of ‘Barotseland’. The rest will just do more warshiping of leaders. The rest will be worse of than now. Kingdom politics are no different from what has caused thr arab spring where kings there hold everyone to ransom. The Litunga will have everything to himself and the rest will just be getting commands. It wont be roses for everyone.
Where are the canals,refregrated tracks,roads etc. Don’t smear mud on us. To Mr Namutulo,buhata bumaswe buswana ni bulengwami,lihakabe la Imenda.
No one will ever separate Zambia no matter what. Western Province does serve its share of the development cake, the VEEP is right.
# 1 learn to respect other tribes. Go ask your mum and aunties how nice men from western province are. Lets just pray for one zambia one nation and development for all by all in all provinces. In the meantime # 1 have manners musata ny-o-ko.
No. 13. na No. 2. Insele tesho bane. Nangu nufulwa teifyo. Your response has spoken so much about your character and who you are. Mwilatukana. Nangu tatwamishiba guiltiness will rest upon your consciousness.
The problem in Western Province is not GRZ but the chief and his people. If their attitude could change, Western province would receive its share. Power and land is in the hands of the chief therefore the chief has held GRZ at ransom and so are other people who want to develop this part of Zambia.
# 14 sorry for that but please lets not be tribal. That in itself is an insult to the entire tribe and not one person as addressed to # 1. Again sorry for this it will not happen again…and let us use English since not all of people read, speak and understand Bemba. Even non Bemba speakers try to write in broken Bemba Shame…maybe that why we rule. Iam a BemLozi (Bemba father Lozi Mum)