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Yali: We’ll sustain the Black Friday Campaign
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has affirmed the effectiveness of the black Friday%u2019s potential to remain a sustainable campaign in the country.
Last week twelve civil society organizations that included YALI, declared every Friday of a week Black Friday on which all people with particular concerns of how the Patriotic Front (PF) is governing the country will be wearing black attire to express their displeasure.
YALI Board Chairperson Andrew Ntewewe also notes it is sad that government has still maintained its position on lifting subsidies despite the continued agitations from various stakeholders in the country.
Mr. Ntewewe has further challenged President Michael Sata and his administration to tell the Zambian people on how he is going to trim down his blotted government.
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on May 22, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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isaac
May 22, 2013 at 10:27 am
Whichever colour you want to put on its your rights.We have discovered that actually some pipo do not hate the PF policies but Mr Sata himself. This means that whatever he does for the benefit of poor majolity those pipo will not appreciate. And we know them only time will tell.
popo
May 22, 2013 at 10:39 am
It is “bloated” dude, not blotted. Further, trimming IS cutting down or reducing, no need to repeat yourself with down, ati “trim down”. ka sikulu kali wama.
Guys, it will be easy for Buju to identify you and beat the living daylights out of you.
Hey YALI, do you have audited financial statements? You’d better!
No funerals on Friday, if Buju sees you he’ll beat you senseless.
Seems that its the same 400 people waffling and shouting that they are a mob in Zed.
pat
May 22, 2013 at 10:47 am
i agree with u isaac.zambians should awake from slamber and learn to work hard.subsidies is not a permanent solution only when there is an emergience.Yali u ar wasting yo energe
Mundia M
May 22, 2013 at 11:38 am
The Maize subsidy has been useless for a longtime and has only been benefiting millers and not the intended peasant farmers. If this subsidy was achieving its intended alleviation of poverty by rural peasant farmers, I would be livid with the PF government. FRA has been turned from intended purpose to buyer of last resort for Maize. How does that benefit the poor small scale farmer? It is therefore hypocrisy of the worst order for YALI and other civil society organisations to protest against a noble decision.
The petroleum fuels subsidy is another illusive subsidy. For starters it is archaic for small petrol (gasoline) vehicle users to be subsidizing big diesel (gasoil) vehicles and mines who consume diesel like water.Further the fuel subsidy has only been partially removed as fuel at the pump in Mongu can never sale at the same price as Ndola which is the city of INDENI with 100% subsidy remover. This unreasonableness by civil society and opposition political parties is becoming paralysing in terms of trust with the Zambian masses.
I will be wearing RED in protest of your protest every friday! What callousness and impunity!
Niceday
May 22, 2013 at 1:38 pm
Mundia M. Well put! This Andrew chap is just yapping to please his funders (HIVOS) from the Netherlands
jumusi
May 22, 2013 at 12:53 pm
I will go for black bcoz we are mourning for aba banatisiya ba subsidy babili. And to protest against uyu administrator PF situmufuna tu chinjeko.
MUFUPA YOKOYOKO
May 22, 2013 at 1:03 pm
YALI ngamulefwaya makalendefye ubunege, who cares? Removal of subsidies was long overdue, its time we too benefited from the subsidies through national development and not development of the stomach. Munasheko nentoshi bafikala! Tiye Sata, we are behind you!
ck
May 22, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Maybe we can as well as bring back mealie meal coupons?
kapandula
May 22, 2013 at 1:46 pm
its better to trim the government,stop inducing un necessary by elections and spare this money for the subsdies.Hyenas can’t see feel the already worsened poor oconomy coz they are eating with the hyena bull in the maize field.The poor can’t make their end meet mwe ba chimbwi mwe
tupac
May 22, 2013 at 1:53 pm
@pat chikala. Walanda bwino.All thoz crying bout sub whatever muli bana banchushi mwaba ukusapula mumala.
mbashe
May 22, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Do it at your own peril, the vemon is in the air waiting for you…
kakolwe
May 22, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Can someone mark my word? At this rate, YALI, NEVERS & HH will remain a forlon isolated bunch by next year June. Coz Sata is explaining the removal to villagers while you wear black on Cairo rd.
kafula
May 22, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Sata is shit!we should’t have voted for him.Is a shame to the poor!
Umungulu
May 22, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Nge ci icilishina at NTEWEWE ca kwisa? Kwati muti wa nsokanda. Ba fee colour mulecita mwafuma ku Zaile ukwa fyongo mwaisa mukufululganya peace pa Zed. Leave us in peace ciNtewewe. Zwaa!
devil
May 22, 2013 at 10:20 pm
pf shud hav xplained when they were campaigning and making their budget tht they intended to remove subsidies to cater for byelections. coz this is wht it is about. adopting defective mps. u cant rule a country through trial and error
Mase
May 22, 2013 at 11:52 pm
YALI leaders should learn a little bit of economics instead of talking like a bunch of ignorant political cadres! Politics of appeasement cannot develop the nation, Zimbabwe is bankrupt because of policies like this, aimed at appeasing people. A good leader makes tough decisions for the good of the future of the country.
isaac
May 23, 2013 at 9:11 am
Mase thumb up excellent thought my man.