24/06/2024
10 YEARS RUINS ADDRESSED IN LESS THAN 2YEARS - WHEN UKA SPEAKS YOU WOULD THINK THEY ARE TALKING OF ANOTHER HH WHO HAS RULED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS :
ECL SAYS HH WOULD AVOID MISTAKES IF HE COULD CONSULT ECL . WHO SHOULD CONSULT WHO BETWEEN ECL AND HH ?
By Mark Simuuwe
During the UKA rally held in Kitwe yesterday , Former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu(ECL) said President Hakainde Hichilema (HH) would avoid making mistakes which ECL made if he could get advice from ECL .
Perhaps the question is , who should consult who ? Let us perhaps reflect on the following comparisons to answer ECL’s claims :
1. Who should consult who between ECL who scrapped off students meal allowances and HH who reinstated them and extended them to seven more universities? Today , ECL claims you cannot have free education without eating yet he removed the same meal allowances that bring food for students.
2. Who should consult who between ECL who failed to pay Council workers salary arrears for 7-15 months and HH who has cleared the arrears and is paying on time ?
3. Who should consult the other between ECL who closed KCM by liquidation sending more than 9000 workers into joblessness , and HH who is revamping mines with Mopani coming back , together with Shaft 28 in Luanshya ?
4. Who should consult who between ECL who closed media houses like Prime TV , Radio Lutanda , Kafue radio , the PostNewspaper , among other media in Zambia and HH who has allowed for media freedom ?
5. Who should consult who between ECL who failed to recruit youths and HH who has recruited over 39,000 teachers in only two years , over 14,000 health workers in less than 2 years , over 4500 defence recruits in two years , over 1,500 local government workers , over 2,800 cooperatives receiving grants for empowerment in less than 2years , among many other recruitments ?
6. Who should consult who between ECL who left Zambia highly indebted by accruing about $31billion and HH who has restructured the debt and
