Rig This...

Rig This...

Time to make our final decision on the direction of Zambia has come. We have always stood up and shown a clear belief in doing the right thing and never gone to violence. I hope the blood that has been shed the past weeks will be the end of it all.

I have arrived safely in Zambia after years of staying away only coming to register and now to vote. I would like to thank all the people that kept me informed of the happenings and the few times that I came for business and even witnessed some political fights.

Now I have my final message on the issue of who to vote for. There are basically 2 candidates to think about for obvious reasons and your vote will make this work. Will anyone rig? Possibly... but we as a people decide if they rig or not. But the best way out is for us to rig the elections for ourselves. That way, we both happy and no blood will be spilt.

How can we rig? By working with only 2 candidates in the race. The riggers can only head in one direction if we decide. The worst possible rigging by the people is to allow the after-election rigging like in Egypt, Tunisia and please not Libya!

Our strategy:

1. Rupiah Banda: If we are confortable with the way things are going and will go, as believe me, we will get more of that when he wins. His children running campigns will need to be paid for their efforts. So more road contracts. More trips on GRZ budget, etc. So if we that kid of life. We put our vote on him. Then we can expect more of their people enjoying the fruits of our beloved country. Even ZNBC will be financed by us for his personal interests.
   
   But if our aim is to change government, our rigging takes some thinking.
   
2. Sata: He will get a higher vote than HH, probably even higher than RB. So your aim for change is better placed on him. HH will never beat Sata. Sata has a better following that HH and the others. He lost by 35,000 votes in the last elections. And that election included the sympathy vote and the other polictical parties who have since left his crew due to what we said was a bunch of lies and tricks. So are HH people still following the losing crew or will they put their vote where it matters the most? That would help tilt the balance. Moreover most people have fallen victim to the lies of MMD and its camp of de-facing Sata. To such extent that they have started believing what are straight lies. Who would in his own thinking be told PF brought in $45 million?? How can they do that? He was almost arrested for $2,000.00!!! What of $45,000,000.00? But look at the material MMD have used to print t-shirts, chitenges, caps, plates, billboards, Manda Hill bridge, etc. Not even Airtel can compete with such material, and yet they do it for business. I think MMD brought in more than $45million or they know how to use your money without asking you. How many have had their facebook accounts donated to MMD and RB's pocket??? How much has Airtel illegally given our privacy with MMD and RB smses? I got more MMD material lying about what they do than people used for their food and living in their homes!

Sorry but I think my mind is clear and will not be spoilt on HH again. My vote will not even be close to MMD (as I want them out and dead like UNIP). Actually they have now become totally UNIP and even carried over the blood shed. I out my vote for PF and Sata. I stand for change. And there, I expect change and not mere words. I have seen him work in Ministry of Health. UTH was far better in his time than any other time. Probably only beaten that day they built it. I have seen the MEZAF flats in Chilenje. I have seen the hospital he built. Now imagine him being the president and given a chance to build Zambia? Will not have this kid-stuff construction of roads that have sprung up with little care, done in a hurry in order to place an advert their "Your money at work", they should have correctly put it as "Your money being wasted" at least they would have been truthful!

So lets make our fight better than North Africa, by making it through the ballot. Vote for PF and Sata, vote for change and a better future for Zambia. Then we can go in and audit all the stolen money which is making them so desparate to win the election and hide their stealing. We can make them pay early and teach others a lesson for life. Not the same people who are supposed to make mines pay, get contracts with the mines and supply to them in such quantities they dare not make them pay taxes. Lets bring sanity to this country and make people respect working hard to get rewards that licking people's boots. Lets make MMD a closed chapter.

Thats how we can rig the election. Even if they rig the rural areas as people cannot really keep them in check, we can solidify Sata's lead by all of us voting for him and not any other person. A vote not placed on Sata is a vote placed on MMD - regardless of who takes it. Be it HH, Miyanda, and the other guys. All votes should be placed on Sata, then he will be assured of a lead. Forget alternatives. This is what has spoilt the votes in the past. Wake up Zambia and make your vote count for a change.

MMD Violence!!!

MMD has been caught on Camera with the words

"Bring buses we crash them!" has anyone recorded MUVI TV news? I want to upload it so the doubting Thomas-es can see for themselves. I will hunt for that.

Vote wisely vote PF and Sata

Lets Remember Rupiah's Corruption CV

• Tribunal findings (reftel) that former Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya circumvented procurement procedures in awarding a two million dollar contract to RP Capital, a Cayman Islands based business (with no previous experience in financial valuation), to assess the assets of the parastatal telecom company, Zamtel; although she resigned from her ministerial position (not her parliamentary seat), Siliya has challenged the court finding; President Banda, who has stood beside Siliya even after the release of the tribunal findings, has not appointed a replacement minister, perhaps in the hopes that Siliya will win her appeal;
  
• the GRZ's plan for a USD 53 million loan from EXIM Bank of China to acquire nine mobile hospitals from a Chinese company (in a single sourced, no bid contract); following strong objections from the donor community, which provides significant health sector support, the GRZ postponed (but did not cancel) its decision to move forward on this costly investment that does not figure into the government's health strategy or budget;
   
• Allegations that former Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary (and Zambia's new Ambassador to Japan and relative of Zambia's Ambassador to the United States) Wamundila Mbikusita Lewanika contracted a public financial management project to a company in which he has a personal interest;
   
• Revelations that the GRZ committed over two trillion Kwacha (approximately USD 400 million) for road works in 2008, despite budget allocations of only Kwacha 750 billion; according to World Bank analysis, 65 percent of the bids were assigned to four contractors, primarily during the pre-election period (September and October 2008), when Banda served as Acting President; despite making payments on ten percent of these contracts, World Bank officials claim that the contractors have not undertaken the certified works;  
  
• President Banda's inclusion of former President Chiluba (who was found liable for USD 41 million for abuse of office in a London court in May 2007 and who is the subject of an ongoing criminal case) and former First Lady Regina 

compiled with no permission from: http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/05/09LUSAKA367.html

UPND in Bed with MMD?

Last night I spent half of it calling and trying to get some infor on the news that UPND is in bed with MMD! Not that I was shocked. The UPND MPs that I have met on serveral occassions seem to be more comfortable with MMD than any change. They know it is impossible for them to be totally against MMD so I was not very shocked.

It was just hurting to think there was sense in this group of people for the next election. Can anyone tell me if NAREP will be better than them in 2016? I think this bunch has nothing to offer the Zambian. Who would think they would stand condemn a party they work with?

I must admit it is a classic ploy! You think there are in opposition, yet at night, they have pillow talk with MMD! What a bunch of lies! I feel so bad. Why did Mazoka die?

Who the Hell is William Banda?

Has this man got a heart for Zambia? Ever since I first saw the name, it has always been associated with violence. The little I gathered was that Chiluba even deported him to Malawi. So he must be from Malawi unless the law was bent on our side and on Malawi's side. Otherwise he is Malawian!

So how do we Zambians allow one tiny Malawian man to cause of this violence and enjoy the bloodshed associated with him? Who the hell is he to do all this and the law turns a blind eye to him! Why can't we cage him with bars so thick, even a  it has gravity of its own!

I think we are making ourselves cheap and useless by allowing such foreigners a roof over their head for them to be blood thirsty. For MMD to allow him to do such things, they must be either violent themselves, or foreigners or both! We need to get up and stand up as Zambians and put this man in his place or even his country. We are peaceful and generous, but I think this is working against the good of the nation in such situations! When someone has taken the food he has been given as a begger and bites the hand that feeds him, he should not only be caged, he should be made to live without the food. No one should just be deported without spending days as a convict in the prisons. They should live there long enough to learn from their mistakes!

So who the hell is William Banda from MMD?? What has he got that can make him be in charge of bloodshed and suffering of the owners of the land? Are we so docile we can be beaten in our own homes by foreigners? We should push the cops to arrest him if they can't do their job. If all else fails, citizens arrest is in order. Much as I think the judiciary plays the tunes for MMD, there should be one judge with morals to oversee the trial and lock him up before banning him from this country. Let him get back where he belongs! I so sick of this MMD violence and criminal activities. I think people should be locked up when they go against the order of the country.

Failure to Plan is planning to fail

Problems of unplanned settlements

When you plan for something, you achieve it as you work your way on how it should be done and when it should be done and using which resources.

This is why to me planning forms a core to anything or project on embark on. I planned on what to say to my wife when I wanted her to be my girlfriend. I even planned how and when to get engaged, marry and have kids - if and only if, we are compatible from the start to the end. Therefore, I knew how to treat her. How to respect her as she was going to be the mother of my kids!

Now imagine how we messed this country. Chiluba came and got to be president without planning. He was surrounded by Zambia's cream in all sectors. The first 5 years were wonderful and only saw small mistakes. Then he felt the power and lost direction! Why? People around him may have planned, he never planned to rule so had no clue what ruling a country had in store for him! Result is the backward movement of this country from then. Just imagine if there was even a 50% planning (of the planning UNIP had in the 70s). With all those resources.

For RB its even worse! He was on the farm. You can do a small exercise and write down 10 things he was planning. If you are an upright person, ruling the country would be number 2000 on your list of just 10! He has no plan! Thats why he would do a road and put his face there "RB was here" ... oh sorry "Your money working". Which money? Did you ask me what I wanted to do with the money? I would never in my life choose that sub-standard re-dusting of the road, or mere painting it with tar! I want planned roads. Done with the most quality! Not this garbage from borrowed money. Commercial bank borrowing! For a so called economist! That's a shame. You crowd out the private sector which can use that money. You make future generations to pay the debt! Which economist would think so low! But that's the result of failure to plan!

This failure to plan has resulted in his sons taking over all businesses and even doing his adverts! I think we are a laughing stock of Africa. We need to find a leader that planned to rule. Because that alone makes him have a plan. All of the mines, how many are paying taxes?? Now imagine if a president compels them to pay what is due to the country and gets rid of this tax holiday on natural resources! How much can we be getting? How many roads would be constructed professionally and of quality? What would be the benefits?

These are the questions which make me move from the idea of thinking MMD will deliver anything for Zambia. I think looking at infrastructure and planning, UNIP was better. Now they plan on how they will rig the elections, defraud the Zambian people etc. And they do it well, but this will never develop Zambia or bring economic development. It will enrich a few connected to the powers that may be. How many of the chaps are on Facebook campaigning?? How many people do you see online with MMD "talk". Some of these are well known and a sudden change to support the powers they fought, is not shocking, its what money can do! They are selling the country for a few bucks to be online for two (2) months! What kind of future leaders are these! Desperation leads people to sell their soul. We have reached that stage in Zambia.



They have just turned Lusaka into an unplanned settlement!

I have only one vision. Not a perfect vision, but better than what is on the ground now. And believe me, I think anything better is better for me. I stand to proudly vote for PF and Sata as I think they have planned and I can see benefits from what they talk about. I don't want ZNBC, Daily Mail or Times of Zambia to get worse than the current state. I don't want to think of my country as a possible place I would live in. I want to plan on living here and educating my children here! MMD does not show me that. Infact they send all their children abroad and only come to get companies and milk the Zambian people of the little money they have. Shame!

Mining Tax

Do you know that so far only one mine pays tax?

Kanseshi is the only tax payer? The rest has received so much tax holiday from the government it will take a very long time to get anything from them. Remember the 1billion kwacha? That came from only one mine!

So how come they don't pay taxes? Why would people call for windfall taxes when there is not even taxes being paid. The whole middle-income country status is meaningless as the money if sent out to the money owners without even paying taxes!

We need to make these people pay. Better yet, if the government was interested in the country, it would have put in place legislation to make these mines bring the money into the country and then take profits. Right now, money coming back after sells is just to pay suppliers and workers. MMD and Rupiah Banda have sold the country for a song! We need to make them pay and vote in a government that will clean this up. Right now, the only possible choice is PF. I have turned to support them as I have seen this is the only way we will move them from power through the vote. Lets make sure or else we will only have a chance like our brothers in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya! HH and the rest are just vote spoilers!

What have we done?!

I hate to see things get nasty like they usually do! We have an excuse of a constitution which was made by MMD. Now I believe anything at this point should be done in the interest of the nation. 

Sometimes, we do a good job. Most of the times, we have questions which cannot be answered. In most of these times, the people appointed to uphold the law - merely choose what they want to uphold!

Kaunda was found state-less at a critical time. I believe whoever was involved not only deserves to say to the Zambian people, but also needs to ask for forgiveness from Kaunda himself. So now since we setup that silly presendence, we need to do what is right at any given time. The people to uphold the law, need to do it in a way that will not only be fair, but also fair at the most prompt time. So is RB a true Zambian under the law to stand and be president? If he is not, he needs to avoid prison and the people connected to him too! Its that simple under the law. But the people we have “upholding” the law seem to be playing tricks with life and the nation. All these will be held responsible at one time or the other, more so if there is problems related to this status quo we have enjoyed all these years.

We need to take things that come like this serious always. Regardless of who brings it, because a lot more people are interested in that. I have no interest or regard of Kawimba as a person I should allow to do something good. But if there is any doubt whatsoever about the qualification of RB to be president. That issue should be handled and exhausted before people pack bags and move on. Its just the law. So a lawyer should respect that. A judge should make sure it is followed. Thats all!

So now, is RB qualified? Did he rule illegally? Those are questions that this case should have addressed but it didn't! Will it make it legal if he wins and they push their way with this? Will it stop people forcing their way to the streets if it calls for that? God save us! We need to be serious when such matters are important in maintaining sanity in the country. What have we done?

How can we remedy this issue? Those are questions that need to be asked. Its sad that after UNIP died politically, what they did in their end times is exactly what is happening now! MMD has become totally violent. They have taken over bustops with flags just like times of the 'mushanga sellers' and UNIP 'youths'! William Banda not concerned about the goodness of this country but hes own survival has been unleashed on the people. So what happens to him if an opposition party takes over? I hope they don't deport him. He should be cage so tightly his skin should be brushing the bars! He should be made to pay for the violence he brought into the country and the people that encouraged him should also he right beside and behind him.