CHIEF Government spokesperson Mwansa Kapeya has said that there was nothing embarrassing about the Head of State asking the ILO to step up its support to Zambia’s job creation agenda.
Reacting to Father Frank Bwalya, Mr Kapeya said that it was unacceptable for people like Fr Frank Bwalya to criticise President Michael Sata for requesting the ILO to scale up its support and collaboration with Zambia in tackling the country’s unemployment levels.
During the Week, Father Bwalya said that President Michael Sata was embarrassing the country by asking the International Labour Organisation (ILO) office in Zambia to create jobs. Father Bwalya said that the Head of State did not understand the role of the organisation in the country.
Father Bwalya said it seemed President Sata was of the view that the ILO was in Zambia to create employment or to advise government on how to create jobs.
Fr Bwalya said President Sata’s handlers and advisors should have briefed and advised him about the mission of the ILO in Zambia and its vision before allowing him to embarass himself before the ILO director Guy Ryder.
“What we are seeing is a situation where the President just says anything that comes in his mind and the statments are usually mistaken or they are totally incorrect. In the case of the ILO director Guy Ryder, one of his handlers should have given him a proper brief of what the ILO chief had come to Zambia for. They should have briefed him on what he was going to say and what the organisation stands for. His handlers should also have prepared talking notes for him. By so doing they would have saved Sata and the entire presidency from embarassment that came as a result of the ignorance Sata had exhibited,” Fr Bwalya said.
Below is the full Statement from The Government.
Republic of Zambia
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
STATEMENT BY HON. MWANSA KAPEYA, MP, MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON ON THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO) IN ZAMBIA’S DEVELOPMENT
Zambia’s membership to the International Labour Organisation ILO) and other international organisations is not for prestige or ceremonial purposes.
It is intended to ensure that Zambia, like other member states, yield tangible benefits from such membership in terms of investment and other developmental opportunities.
It is, therefore, unacceptable for people like Fr. Frank Bwalya to criticize His Excellency President Michael Chilufya Sata for requesting the ILO to scale up its support and collaboration with Zambia in tackling the country’s unemployment levels.
This was when ILO Director General Guy Ryder paid a courtesy call on President Sata at State House on Wednesday, 11th December, 2013.
Contrary to Fr. Bwalya’s misplaced and misleading assertions, as reported in some sections of the media, there is nothing embarrassing about the Head of State asking the ILO to step up its support to Zambia’s job creation agenda, as Fr. Bwalya alleges.
The President did not blame the ILO for Zambia’s employment challenges, but reminded the organization of its responsibility to Member States in promoting job and wealth creation.
If anything, it is Fr Bwalya who does not understand the role of the ILO. He ought to understand that the ILO is there to serve the interest of Member States which include Zambia.
Fr. Bwalya may wish to know that among other responsibilities, the ILO provides technical assistance, primarily in the fields of vocational training and vocational rehabilitation, employment policy, labour administration, labour law and industrial relations, working conditions, management development, cooperatives, social security, labour statistics, and occupational safety and health.
As such, Member States have the right to tell the ILO areas of concern needing its attention, as President Sata did when the ILO Chief called on him.
President Sata is a realist who does not believe in sugarcoating issues. He calls a spade a spade and not a ‘big spoon,’ hence his free and frank approach in addressing the country’s developmental challenges.
Fr. Bwalya should also appreciate that unlike him, President Sata has had long standing interaction and familiarity with the ILO having served as Labour Minister before.
He is therefore well versed with the ILO’s role, mandate and responsibilities to Member States, hence his call for the ILO to work closely with Government in addressing job creation and other labour related issues.
Government reiterates its commitment to continued cooperation with the ILO and other international organisations in building a better and prosperous Zambia for all.
Hon. Mwansa Kapeya, MP
MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON.
14th December, 2013
Hiiiii Kapeya is working, even responding to Fr. Bwalya?
by issuing a statement Kapeya is highlighting the Presidents embarrassing blunder! Having said that I think all current presidential advisors should be relieved of their duties because sometimes if feels like we have that fake sign interpreter leading our country!
KAPEYA the MINISTER OF LIES AND MISINFORMATION at it again.
Sata should fire this man. He is a waste of space and not good value for tax payers’ money. In his place he should hire a proper spin doctor who has the capacity to turn his mistakes into positive rhetoric that gives people a sense of hope.
Each time Kapeya opens his mouth he worsens the mistakes made by his pay master.
SATA PLEASE FIRE THIS GOOD FOR NOTHING MINISTER . HE IS TERRIBLY MISREPRESENTING YOU BIG TIME.
Sata was overheard whispering to Ryder, ” nomba iwe ka company kobe, teti kanchekeleko apanono??”
@Ex-moma, while it may be true that some presidential advisors may be lucking the problem is also with Sata who always wants to sound clever by attempting to speak of the cuff. He must have been given discussion points by the Ministry of Labour but as usual decided to do his own thing.
@Nostradanus
what Mr Kapeya is saying is that people with no jobs in Zambia must take it easy… because ILO is working on a plan for them,, this is also confrimed by the president Sata who had a meeting with the ILO boss…simple!!!! kekekekekekekekekek
some things are incurable.. school or no school some ways of thinking are shocking!!
@mop I was just being polite ,you and I know who really should be fired from the job.
@Ndobo, man you are hilarious in weekends, I can recommend a better alcoholic in that weather if you have 20 Euros to spare. Ati “some way of thinking is shocking!” kekekeke, I am sure George Chella will read 4 times that sentence before he prints it out to Sata.
The picture: I thought this was at a prayer meeting for jobs. The minister must have been doing the long kind prompting one of the cadres to endure the bulk of it wide-eyed. Others made sure they found something to lean on…a wall, table…just anything. Oh, well, the wide-eyed gentleman could have been peering for any accessible support for his dog-tired legs. Times are hard, indeed!
The picture. Was this at a prayer meeting for jobs? Ah, the minister must have been doing the long king prompting one the cadres to endure the rest of it wide-eyed. It could be the poor fellow was peering for any accessible rest to his dog-tired legs. Times are hard, indeed!
Let UKWA create jobs for Zambians, that is the reason we put him in plot one. Let him not shift responsibilities…..we all know ukwa is a failure
Speak for yourself. I dont know
If Sata can’t be creative enough to become independently wealthy and has to work for govt his whole life then i doubt he’d know how to create jobs either.We’re told he only has 7guns and a Cressida so he’s failed in investing his own cash too.
Iwe ka Real yellow tell the pipo who pay you to teach you also how to spell journalist
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It is all ignorance from these so called educated Zambians who think they know it all when “kubwabwatafye,”Surely Bwalya u don’t understand the roles of lLO,u don’t understand the responsibilities lLO has toward its members.Empty vessal is Bwalya.
@Osmore
Still defending the indefensible as usual.
Still outsmarted by Sata the VSTC. I don’t know what it will take to reverse that “donchi Kubeba” indoctrination from your head. Earning pieces of silver like some one put it hey.
If there are some people who do not understand the role of ILO its you and Sata the VSTC. ILO was NOT formed to create employment but to safe guard the working conditions of workers by advising governments to uphold workers’ rights. Their role is to facilitate the functions of unions in countries around the world. In short ILO is the world labour force ‘s union.
Just look at the faces of the onlookers in the picture; even them are ashamed at the whole minister expending his energy issuing gibberish excuses to cover his pay master’s id.i.o.cy…
@ osmore,
as you think that you are educated one, please, please explain role of ILO like that we can have laugh instead of be angry at the continuous cock-ups by your favorite clowns.
ILO is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
Did you got-it bonehead: social justice and internationally recognized HUMAN and LABOUR rights.
Send your favorite clowns for training and refreshment course.
I think its only your father who is a failure and not the other way round. How many Chickens did he leave for you??????
That is like saying GRZ owes me a good std of living when in fact its only duty is to create an enabling environment for me to uplift myself. GRZ and ILO owes me,you & Sata absolutely NADA.
Frank Bwalya should not mislead the nation. ILO has always be there for member nations. In 1990 to a bout 1994 ILO had a lot of developmental projects in Northern province which included feeder roads.
Check before you crap
www. ilo . org
It z unfortunate 2 ve tu opo leaders(that’s with Bwalya’s calibre who luck de understanding of how bodies like ILO operate.Bwalya,unasheko ubushilu and don’t think we’re gullibles like yo followers.Awe amanotawakwata.kabiyeucite research pali lLO.
Check before you crap
www. ilo . org
U can c a human being that belongs to a pervese generation who can even insult parents.Who is Bwalya anyway?A good leader must do introspection b4 talking.Mr Sata is more knowledgeble in many areas than u tu opo leaders who luck wisdom.
It is knowledgeable to the point that does not know that ILO promotes what he is destroying.
Check www. ilo . org and then, if you are a man, apologize for your lack of education.
This is a joke, was ILO there when he was busy promising people he will create jobs for them? Easier said than done I presume? He is not even embarrased to say such in public. This man baffles me really, God what have we done to deserve such a leader who thinks the neighbour will come and create employemt for his people while he seats and chews their Tax money. Awe mwe, nanaka.
You voted for him.
Bwalya,atulangisha ubututubwakwe.Alalimotondolomusuma.Go to the response of the lLO officials who HEMCS was directly addressing.According to u u would have loved them to say,”lt is not lLO’s duty to create employment sir”. U5 frank.
Where do I get this response?
Osmore aka bonehead, the Ilo official only responded that way out of courtesy and being diplomatic because he was responding to a head of State. Of course there is no way he would have said that it was not Ilo’s job because he did not want to embarrass our excuse of a president. I can assure that inside, he was shocked at the dullness of Sata and further shocked that the labour minister did not brief his boss about the functions of the ILO. Your reasoning proves to me that you are a typical cadre who really cannot think independently when it comes to Sata and PF. What they say is the gospel truth.
That’s why it becomes neccessary 4 de Minister 2 respond because gullible pipo like@kagelo and others above have bought into the ignorance of Bwalya.Hemcs did not say then he folds his hands ,but the lLO must as per their role top up on govt’s jobs
www. ilo . org
Next you gonna tell us our Labour Unions are there to creates jobs so their role is not strictly safeguarding employee welfare.Jinga wewe.
Amazing how our leaders can ask ILO to create jobs in Zambia. The primary responsibility of creating jobs falls on our government, that is including the facilitation of setting up of businesses that can employ people, and it doesn’t auger well that ILO should be asked to creat jobs. How many members state have the challenge of unemployment if ILO is to do this for all of them? Does ILO generate its own funds to run projects or businesses to employ people? And is it ILO that the people of Zambia gave the mandate to run the affairs of this country to?
PF leaders be serious and face facts, it’s you job to create employment for your people. Be sincere and search your souls and look at how you can deliver on the promises you made to us.
You have to study the history about The origins of Zambian tribes, then only can you understand why Zambia will never develop!
All tribal groupings except for the Tongas ran away from somewhere. It means Zambia is an assembly of cowardly tribes who could not fight for anything except to run away.
It is because of this background that it is not surprising why Zambians are so docile in everything.
It is also not surprising why foreigners have been running the affairs of this country. In fifty years, we could only afford one truly Zambian president LPM, MHSRIP. Look at your markets and shops, all in foreign hands. You have Congolese and Rwandese etc with the most and best stands in the market places.
We can only hope that the leadership failure by PF will open Zambian eyes!
Go to helll with your stoopid analysis. If you don’t know your history you dont assume falseties
Technically speaking if we are to be accurate that would be a President born after 00:00 hours on a certain day in October when Barotseland and Northern Rhodesia amalgamated, right? Not sure we’ve had one of those yet. As for the ‘taught’ history I think I flunked that at school. Mostly due to writing stuff that ran contrary to the force fed foreign authored versions provided at school… your version reminds me of author bias versus reality…
Good afternoon
As far as I can gather, the president was merely telling ILO to step up it’s efforts in implementing it’s agenda, which includes job creation in the country. As the Head of State, he has all the right to do this.
At the same time, let the government continue building infrastructure like airports, roads, rail etc. which in itself is also job creation. A growing economy requires skilled workforce and this will mean building technical colleges and vocational training centers. Once these elements are in place, it will be much easier for organisations like ILO to implement their agenda.
www. ilo . org
@142
Thanks alot bro,, i just checked, Sata was way off the point and all these people supporting him are not doing him a favour…
@Nine chale
you doing your beloved president a emperor`s new clothes,,,sure,,, thats evil!!!!,, better be honest and tell him that you can`t see any clothes on him
Typical of useful idiots. They will support Sata simply because he is a fellow lunatic, tribesmate, their source of survival, fellow dictator or indeed are too ashamed to accept that the Sata presidency is a lost opportunity. The ILO has no mandate in creating employment otherwise it would have been the organ of the UN that employs UN staff. Just read from their site and you will understand.
Mr Sata may speak English like my grade one daughter but he is certainly uneducated and their lies the problem.
Bemba brothers why always using insubordination when someone comments negative about sata ? Everyone has his own opinions about sata,you can’t force all the people to like someone who is not their choice.
The main aims of the ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. (From ILO website). Not to create jobs. So, it is government responsibility not ILO. Fr Bwalya was correct.
Why can’t u get what Sata said in a broad context?U who re bringing hate for Bembas mulifipuba. U re de 1s who cowards.So even Bwalya mu Tonga?So everybody supporting Sata or pf z Bemba?0 mayb tribalists bt u it z too much & 0 can easily c dat.
In a broad contest he was looking for job offer from ILO for the female member of his family?
Many times you have mentioned that we have created more than 500,000 Jobs for the youth but the president is heard saying to ILO that Zambia is the least in the world what a contradictory remark.
Ba Idah, Ba bwana Mwansa Kapeya does not hear properly maybe it was because of Ifyabukaya. The president and His cabinet on many occasions we have heard them saying the have created more millions of jobs for the youths but today someone comes and say Zambia is the least in the world as far as Job creations is concerned.
Fr Bwalya you cant blame the state house staff on failures of the president. No one has the capacity to change Mr Sata. Instead of Mr Sata being built by state house machinery, he simply went there and destroyed the systems. All Mr Sata needs is a CIRCUIT BREAKER or Lightening Arrester planted between his brain and his mouth. Bashikulu balibako filya! Busy!!!
@BR Patrick
Its true bro. Amafi yabasungu ale imya ku London eyapenya mudala Sata.
Asking the ILO to help you create jobs for your unemployed masses means you have reached the end of your tether. Ba KK reached this stage when he brought the “Heaven on Earth” gurus from India to turn our country into a paradise. After he ran out of his own economic ideas. History is repeating itself here.
In my own humble opinion I would say yes it is quite embarassing to ask your vistor to solve your house upkeep problems. Maybe our president was applying the following saying “Umweni mukulu litukilo”.
What does VSTC stand for? Why is His Excellency Sata is called VSTC?
Is there any need or compulsion for His excellency to meet foreign dignitaries? If he can avoid addressing Zambians, he can as well lock himself away from outsiders.
We need our next president to be under 40, younger the better and age restriction on holding any political office. Anybody over 55 shall not be allowed to stand for any political position in Zambia.
Nice one, might as well ask WFO for hamburgers for the hungry and WHO for hospitals, UTH isn’t just doing that good.
Stupid as the man is, he thinks these organisations are there exactly for that.
Osmore you need to advise the President we Zambians know him well and can take the heat but visitors he needs to take a chill pill and save himself greater embarrassment, talking to ILO like he is taking to HH
@br patrick. You are right the old man should be placed under observation by psychologists. The most resource person is Dr Kaseba. Find out from her why she always break into laugther whenever she is in the public with husband. The reaserch results can help us and the world at large not to make similar mistakes.
creating an atmosphere and awareness for country members to support the labor laws and promotion of the Zambia employment agenda, lobbying ILO indirectly amounts to creation of employment together with the promotion of Zambian skills and work attributes by ILO.
Its not like ILO directly creating but marketing and disseminating Zambia’s labour statistics and attributes that promotes the creation of employability of Zambians as preferable skills and conduisive environment thereby supporting the agenda
Statistics? Ask ZRA how much has been collected from PAYE and then compare it to the TOTAL Budget estimate. Unemployment above 50%!!!
Think about the power and effect ILO has on employer unions and labour unions including the World trade organization amd other supranational institutions that have investments in Zambia and how positively ILO can be to create employability of Zambian skills in multilateral trade agreements negotiated at the WTO,member countries make use of ILO to support there own
And two most important Trade Agreements, i.e. Agreement on Application of Article VII of GATT (1994) and Revised Kyoto Convention have been ratified by ages but to date ZRA is not complying and the Government has even abolished Revenue Appeals Tribunal!!!
Stop moving the reports from left to right on the table and look around you. Do you see any meaningful (not cosmetic) improvement in the past decade?
Therefore take advantage of your various UN membership to support your agenda if Indonesia can incorporate ILO in its trade and other investments agenda to support towards full employment so should not Zambia lobby for favorable consideration in global economics.
Its not like asking ILO to directly create but lobbying for favorable transmission of lab our economics in Zambia and environment thereby supporting the employment agenda indirectly or directly.
As per ILO site………………………………………………..
Mission and objectives
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress. Its tripartite structure provides a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.
The ILO has four strategic…
Even if Sata today defecated stinking excrement right before the whole world, the Kapeyas of this world will claim it’s ok because “kunyela” is a natural process.
Ba Kapeya that’s as stupid as asking a mid wife to get your wife pregnant. Its not her function, her mandate or responsibility. Next you you’ll be telling the world food programme to grow more food in Zambia. Maybe you want Microsoft to develop the ministry of communications too.
Being thick like you should be illegal. You’re reminicent of Idi Amin in the 70s! Ati create jobs… Pwahaahahahahahahahahaha ba minister.
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