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HH: Sata’s Power Concentration Will Lead To Dictatorship
The opposition UPND has charged that the concentration of powers and responsibilities in the hands of the President is a recipe for bad governance and should not be allowed.
UNPD leader Hakainde Hichilema said that as a party, it was disappointed by President Sata’s decision to transfer the Road Development Agency (RDA) from the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication to State House.
Mr Hichilema said “as a party we were for the considered view that if President Sata was genuinely interested in strengthening the national capacity to effectively respond to the challenges of improving road networks and other related infrastructure, the best way would have been to strengthen capacity of government agencies instead of centralizing such powers and responsibilities to himself.”
The opposition leader charged that the fundamental principles of accountability and transparent in procurement of road works were even at a more risk of being seriously compromised at State house.
He said this contrary to the argument by Mr Sata that there was lack of accountability and transparency at RDA in the procurement for road works as a reason for his unilateral action.
“There is genuine fear that most road tenders will be given to those perceived to be politically correct and have access to the President at the expense of deserving contractors who may not have access to State House.
This is likely to breed corruption, nepotism and favouritism because the tender process is likely to be at the mercy of Presidential Decrees,” Hichilema observed.
Mr Hichilema further observed that it would be difficult for an institution that was controlled from the Office of the President to be genuinely audited.
He said this would also create difficulties for the investigative wings to question any suspicions of corruption or fraud since most activities under that office were highly classified.
“As UPND, we demand that the responsibilities and abilities of government service delivery agencies, such as RDA be strengthened and later decentralized to Local Authorities with the necessary capacity building support as part of the devolution process.
Good Governance demands reposing of resources, powers and responsibilities in institutions that are closer to the people and can easily be held accountable,” he said.
Mr Hichilema claimed that when UPND comes to power in 2016, it was going to run a government of the people which would devolve the procurement, rehabilitation and construction of roads and other infrastructure development to capacitated Local Authorities as a matter of good governance for sustainable socio-economic development.
“We however do not want to wait until 2016 and see damage being done to the road sector which is the back bone of sustainable economic development.
It is for this reason that we are appealing to PF not to continue paying lip service to the decentralization process but to demonstrate that they are willing to devolve powers and resources to the lower organs of government in order to strengthen the local government system which is closer to the people,” Hichilema said.
He said as UPND, this appeal was in the best interest of the nation and sincerely believed that measure taken by President Sata was not sustainable because it was built and centered around one person, which was an exact opposite of facilitating sustainable development through decentralization.
He observed that there was need to build credible and durable institutions and systems of good governance instead of building individual empires that may produce undesirable dictatorial and corrupt practices.
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Tress
September 29, 2012 at 8:30 pm
HH is that what is in your mind always? it seems your blood, stomach is full of hate for Mr. Sata. This man is so irritating, he can even kill for state house. He always speaks evil on Sata. What kind of a creature is this HH?
Jube
September 29, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Now that is the analysis of the learned. This takes me closer to UPND. Thumbs up Mr President. ‘If you are not with UPND, then give way.’
MUNYELO PWETE!
September 29, 2012 at 8:49 pm
The only good thing is that this boy hh is politically immature and only people who make emotional decisions can support him. Come 2016 this boy will hung up the political gloves and boots!
Nicola
September 29, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Only a fool born frm a monkey’s pussy would condemn hh. Thumbs up hh zambia forward.
Wiseman
September 29, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Vote fo me in 2016. I will do the foLlowing in 90 days:
1) Reduce unemployment from the present 70% to 5%. This I will do by firing the boers and Chineese amd employing our own Zambian experts. I will also explore the oil prospects in western province, open up new copper mines in luapula and North western province.
2)Reduce salaries to politicians. No one should go into politics as a form of employment but to serve. That is why there is too much coruption among politicians even these that hide from pronouncements of being alergic to coruption.
3)Raise education standards in this country. Teachers should be better rewarded for their service. That way they wiLl not involve themselves in misschief like teaching halfway and asking pupils to pay for the other half (you know what I mean).
4) Improve on our imfrastructure, communication (We are having a raw deal from our mobile providers. The service we are getting is appauling. The banks Automated cash teals are also being affected by communication problems)
5) I can do more fo this my beloved country so come 2016 let us unite and vote for me.A….Wiseman
Dickson
September 29, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Mr. Sata is a hard worker. hh you should understand that, you are not an analyst on the president but an opposition inexperienced leader. So everthing you see is black. No matter how much you oppose the man is a great leader. You can’t much that caliber Mr. Under5
Amos
September 29, 2012 at 9:23 pm
hh you should un
Ukwa2
September 29, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Viva hh.nowanda u a munyolo(ass)@munyelo pwetw
Amos
September 29, 2012 at 9:38 pm
hh you should understand that every good leader runs against time, what development have we seen in the past, some of people you were busy plundering when given chance to chair on certain position(s). Today the presido wants to do the best he can to develop Our rich poor Nation, you are busy politicking. What are your politics upto Mr. Hichilema?
Fred
September 29, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Nicolas, we should respect people with divergent views otherwise, spare us from insults twapapata, apo tatulaponta
Mwansa
September 29, 2012 at 10:00 pm
I am able to see thnkers and the seekers.also those wth zambia at heart and those wth the unholy trinity,i,me&myself or us we &ourselves.when priciples are at stake the cadre metality is just to sing praise to their leadrs.people let us mature and have th nation at heart nt indviduals.graduate from cadres to mature politicians.
HH
September 30, 2012 at 3:03 am
@ Nicola you are the only fool born thru a monkey’s pussy iwe!! The rest of us are humans waumfwa!!
kakolwe
September 30, 2012 at 6:55 am
Seeing the error in Sata’s decision MUST strengthen Mr HH for 2016. ALaS! He knows MCS so much that if this decision is left to run even for a year, even HH disciples like Biggie Smalls would say ‘at least CNP has worked’ & that HH wouldnt want.
martin Petauke
September 30, 2012 at 7:10 am
putting the RDA under the outhority of the President is the correct thing and i totally disagree with HH because its within the law and when you look at the RDA it has been a disaster in the past PF compaigh talked about massive road construction and net work within the country
Sojo
September 30, 2012 at 8:23 am
HH again says Mr Sata should concetrate on devolution of power to the lower organs and this is how development wil reach da pipo.But ths z HH again who opposes creation and re-alignment of districts in Southern Province.what a piece of a creature.
Lucky Hichilema
September 30, 2012 at 8:48 am
Sata will win 2016 election by over 76%HH is a frustrated person who has never seen any positive change since PF took power from MMD shame HH
Shameless
September 30, 2012 at 9:01 am
HH has said it himself that road development is is a very important undertaking. He infact calls it the BACKBONE of sustainable economic development.
From HH’s own words, only a fool would leave such an important institution to be mismanaged by others. Sata realises that this institution can make or break him and because of this that he want to directly supervise it. Being the man of action that he is, Sata will transform this very important institution and bring development to Zambia.
Thanks HH for explaining why Sata took over RDA.
Nshendi
September 30, 2012 at 10:31 am
HH well spoken, but get your sh*t together.
King Musula Wenu
September 30, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Good analysis @shameless. HH was benefiting from road contracts now he is crying bcos he will never benefit from RDA which was doing shoddy works. MCS, I can assure you, no shoddy works and incompetent contractors.
Julius
September 30, 2012 at 3:41 pm
I see a lot of damage by our news writers. Please find positives to report, do not make the media a place to express personal feelings and bring people in power to shame.
Chisenga
September 30, 2012 at 5:30 pm
I HAVE CHANGED MY ANALYSIS OF HH. I THINK HH IS ACTUALLY NOT DULL. HE IS CLEVER. HE HAS SEEN THAT SATA IS ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS. AND IF SATA SUCCEEDS, THEN HH WILL HAVE NO CHANCE OF GETTING INTO STATE HO– USE. SO WHAT OPTION DOES HH REMAIN WITH? IT IS TO OPPOSE EVERYTHING THAT SATA DOES. IT IS ONLY LOGICAL FOR HIM TO DO THAT. SO HH WILL NEVER AGREE WITH SATA. BECA– USE EVERY INCH OF SUCCESS THAT SATA ACHIEVES IS A VERY BIG NAIL INTO HHs POLITICAL COFFIN.
Tupac
September 30, 2012 at 7:14 pm
That is your opinion kachikala (HH) you are a loser and you look like a FOOL wabe ibuncha lyang’ombe.Though am non bemba but ukwangala kubafyashi tekusuma@nditole(nicola) chinyo cobe waba amalepe ya mbata.And what you said isn’t possible so its you mathafacka who came thru monkey pussy.
Katwa
September 30, 2012 at 8:17 pm
HH is intelligent. I like the he analyses things. Viva HH. Viva UPND. No one should kill you. You are a graduate and you have written thesis but for some people I really doubt.
kapuli wa ng'ongo
October 1, 2012 at 6:00 am
HH IS EHTITLED TO HIS OPINION. LET ME REMIND HIM HOWEVER THAT THE MOVE TO PLACE RDA UNDER OP OVERSSIGHT IS A NOBLE ONE GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF IMPROPRIETY AND. CORRUPTION.
LET ME ALSO INDICATE TO HH THAT THE OP HAS A PLETHIRA OF SKILLED STAFF ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF TECHNICAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND INTELIGENCE WORK.
THE OP HAS ALSO IN THE PAST RAN A NUMBER OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND COMPANIES STILL OPERATING TODAY.
FINALLY LET HH BE REMINDED THAT THE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDEBCY IN ZAMBIA OVERSEES THE FOLLOWING:
1 . THE ARMY THE POLICE THE PARA MILITARY THE AIRFORCE THE NATIONAL SERVICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ITSELF IS PRESIDED OVER BY THE PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
2. THE WHOLE 752,649km sq OF LAND MAKING ZAMBIA IS VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT.
3. THE WHOLE EXECUTIVE IN THE SYSTEM OF OUR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IS HEADED BY THE PRESIDENT.
4. THE FORMING OF GOVERNMENT AND APPOINTING OF MINISTERS AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE HOLDERS IS PRESIDED OVER BY OUR PRESIDENT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE GOVERNANCE AUTHORITIES AND EXAMPLES I CAN SHARE WITH HH ON THIS SUBJECT.
FACT REMAINS THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT AND WILL NOT INTERFERE IN THE RUNNING OF THE INSTITUTIONS HE IS PREVILEGED TO PRESIDE OVER.
THANK YOU
Mutale
October 1, 2012 at 7:35 am
The guy above @kapuli wa ng’ongo, you are missing the point, a lot of what goes on under the OP is classified, how then can you expect transparency in RDA in such a situation? You may trust Sata personally just like many trusted Chiluba (refer to Zamptrop OP account) but exposing himself to potential corruption is not the way to go. Anyway, if corruption does occur at RDA it will now fall squarely on the head of HEMCS.
Sinyangwe
October 1, 2012 at 12:17 pm
HH is bitter he alwas opposing every thing the president do what kind of a creature he is.HH that will not help you 2 go plot1 what you talk is out of mind.
Wawa!
October 2, 2012 at 9:43 am
Understand HH u pipo!Towards elections, the boy was busy bosting dat he had a winning vote! who ever he was goning to support will win the elections.He went ahead and supported RB.What happened.Anyway its History!Work hard shichilufya we will support u!
mwila
October 2, 2012 at 11:41 am
Lets give him enough rope to hung himself,Nothing is hidden cibe ni ku plot 1 or not everyone will know.i think is ready for pressure and I THINK some r worried of losing contracts from RDA.
taliban
October 2, 2012 at 6:07 pm
very intelligent Leader..viva HH..the dunderheads and corrupt ones will insult you..but they will not gain anything..
MaxMbizo
October 2, 2012 at 8:25 pm
HH knows that Sata is a driven workaholic who cannot tolerate failure in anything he commits himself to – and he has a track record to prove this. Now that Sata wants to play an oversight role over RDA, there is a very good chance that the Link 8000 road project will succeed. The success of this project is HH’s worst nightmare scenario because it will sound a death – knell for his Presidential ambitions in 2016 and beyond.
afcon phiri
October 3, 2012 at 1:55 pm
HH’S HATRED IS UNPROGRESSIVE. IT’S UNFORTUNATE FOR HIM BECOZ ZAMBIA IS ONE AND NO ONE CAN DIVIDE IT.
HH WILL RETIRE POLITICS JUST AS AN OPPOSITION MOUTH PIECE, HE NO LEADERSHIP TO OFFER TO THE NATION.