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Mutati Sees No Hope For Zambia In K53.14bn National Budget
Former Commerce Minister Felix Mutati has observed that the announced the 2016 K53.14 billion national budget does not give hope Zambia will cross over the current economic crisis.
Mr. Mutati thinks that the Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has presented a routine budget which has no impact on the ordinary people of Zambia.
He has told Qfm News that this is because the budget has missed the point of what was supposed to done to enable diversify the country’s economy.
Mr. Mutati is of the view that the 2016 national budget should have focused on issues that are slowing down efforts to diversify the Zambian economy given the current economic crisis.
He has expressed doubt the continued tightening of the fiscal policy as outlined in next year’s national budget will fuel diversification of the economy.
Mr. Mutati thinks that the 2016 national budget should have had measures to deal with the mining sector as opposed to benefiting road contractors more.
He says he therefore finds the 2016 national budget to be lukewarm.
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Proboscis
October 11, 2015 at 7:04 am
just my view as well. why increasing duty on motor vehicles? why introducing a surcharge of k2000 on vehicles older than five years. how many zambians can afford vehicles of less than five years?
Onyx power @vampiros
October 11, 2015 at 7:42 am
Discouraging imports my friend. That’s how it should be.
Proboscis
October 11, 2015 at 12:20 pm
strange. do you make cars in zambia for you to discourage the importation of vehicles? be realistic.
ken
October 11, 2015 at 7:50 pm
Car makers like the new introduction can thrive when second hand cars are discouraged. Other new car makers can come
Munyumbwe
October 11, 2015 at 7:11 am
I think ba Feligo you are not being fair to your own people of Zambia. ABC has realised that most of the monies in the road sector has gone into foreign countries and it is important to give Zambians an incentive to participate in this sector and then you complain. I think you are also finished Mr. Feligo.
Onyx power @vampiros
October 11, 2015 at 7:47 am
The budget is well articulated and aims at improving key areas in our economy. This is the translation of ecl speech in practical terms and alot of fools were saying lungu speech was just flowery. Now wait and see how economy is going to be rejuvenated.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 11, 2015 at 8:07 am
One thing you cannot steal from mutati is his level headed Ness. Meanwhile the pf fools above are busy finding lame excuses to defend a budget made by a fossil with 1964 federal ancient economics kikikikiki very sad. Vote upnd a real strong party full of economic managers
Onyx power @vampiros
October 11, 2015 at 8:16 am
Present your papers and see if you are better qualified than the boys and girls at MOF and the govt as a whole. Problem is you confuse govt with political leaders and cadres.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 11, 2015 at 8:20 am
Kiki your own government spokesman kambwili is on record of having said it is ok for cadres to be employed in zesco and by replacing skilled professionals. So since when did pf differentiate between cadres and those in public office. Is chikwanda not in government? Has he not failed kikikikiki.
Onyx power @vampiros
October 11, 2015 at 8:41 am
So you in upnd thinks a cadre is a common man in the streets. Yaaks. Cadres ranges from professors to illiterate person in the village. Yaaaks these fimbwis. Denny kalyalya is more educated than your kachema.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 11, 2015 at 8:59 am
You can have one educated person but if he is surrounded by majority illiterate pf thugs he is as good as one. One rotten peanut messes the entire peanuts in your mouth
Onyx power @vampiros
October 11, 2015 at 9:20 am
That was just one example. Talk of mvunga and mwanakatwe. Miles sampa and many more. Silly boy. Just go and wank
Herve Stalin
October 11, 2015 at 10:14 am
there is no UPND cadre who is level headed! just like their president they think speaking softly is being level headed
Muma Mwange
October 11, 2015 at 8:35 am
Why do you have to defend the obvious! Who are the majority in PF government! Is it not the cadres? Look at the missions abroad, full of cadres! Keep quiet you idi0t!
Advocate
October 11, 2015 at 9:05 am
My condolences to Kaingu’s tragic loss of such a big asset.However I blame him for his recent comments in Parliament likening Lungu’s speech to that of Obama and Roosevelt as well as saying PF is the best government out of the 3 he served. You know God knows how to punish hypocrites.Let him reflect on what he said and will find that the fire that devoured his lodge could be from spiritual realm.I have never seen such an inferno destroy a well thatched structures in the manner it happened.
kakolwe
October 11, 2015 at 9:19 am
It was fully insured. Go mourn elsewhere.
Hello Haters
October 11, 2015 at 9:56 am
The budget is so lukewarm just like chagwa, GOD doesn’t like lukewarm stuff, you should be either hot or cold, kufifwisafye mu 2016 bana Zambia, tapali efyo balechita.
sweet babe
October 11, 2015 at 10:46 am
PF HAS FAILED TERRIBLY. I STILL WONDER THESE PEOPLE SUPPORTING IT ARE DOING THIS NOT OUT SELFISHNESS. EVEN A DAY BORN BABY CAN TELL THAT AND NO NEED TO DOUBT IT. OH YES I CONTRIBUTED TO THIS MESS BY VOTING CHANGWA MULAMU, BUT I CANNOT DO THAT AGAIN. TWO WRONGS DOES NOT MAKE SOMETHING RIGHT.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 11, 2015 at 10:57 am
Hats off.
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 9:59 am
I always ask myself if UPND have special schools which PF cant go to. when I realized that HH cant come up with his own trade mark. i feel comforted. No m Obam when USA economy become bad chanda to Nkana symbol. Nkan started performing bad changed to Mosse. Mosses didnt go to canan changed to kachema. kachema came from PF
Judge Joe Bidden
October 11, 2015 at 10:59 am
What have you smoked today Kayula what you rumbling about?
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 10:06 am
If this party cant come up with its trade mark how can it claim to be more intelgent than PF that gave them the trade mark kachema? By the way kachema does not chase animals away but HH has chased sikota,lubinda and siamunene. The sadest part of it is geting a name from Mumbi Phiri
Anonymous
October 11, 2015 at 10:12 am
Wat do u expect from pathetic fools!! I am glad this is the last budget they are presenting.
Stanzo
October 11, 2015 at 10:32 am
You know you bloggers, one surprizing you are all displaying i s lack of partriotism. You know what, we have only on Zambia which needs our wholehearted support regardless of which party you belong to, but there we are tearing ourselves apart with insults and mudslinging each other this wont take us anywhere. Lets co-exist and fordge together as siamese twins desipite our diverse thinking falcutiies. One wrong bloggers wont make a right. l feverently urge you to unite as as nation and look forward to national development.
Judge Joe Bidden
October 11, 2015 at 11:12 am
United then we have one leader whose faculties are questionable where will we end? We just sit and see Zambia becoming a worse country on earth second only to Zimbabwe whose idiocy we are coping from.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 11, 2015 at 10:36 am
Pf has failed
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 11:26 am
How can they fail when they gave your president a name Kachema which you failed to do?
jayd
October 11, 2015 at 11:28 am
Let us better our lives,politician think abt themselves.Their so called enemies can be their buddies when they sing praises.We can commend and and oppose but that will. not make our families better unless we are politician spending 24/7 on this site campagning
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 11:43 am
UPND supporters, which channels whill show Zambia vs Egypt match. Mubikepo nenshita bane
Judge Joe Bidden
October 11, 2015 at 2:11 pm
Kikiki you know most UPND supporters can afford DSTV. I have checked so far I only see Malawi Tanzania game on SS9 then Zesco Buffaloes on SS4 I can’t see when Zambia Egypt will come on… will check.
Hello Haters
October 11, 2015 at 3:39 pm
@kayula if your pf cadres want to watch Egypt vs Zambia game, who will watch the first lady’s go round Zambia tours documentaries on Zambia National Boring Corporation?
takolinyenga
October 11, 2015 at 2:19 pm
mutati has lost direction i used to suport him he was there and never helped wat can he do now kip on barking
Pandora's Box
October 11, 2015 at 2:43 pm
Ba Advocate, indeed that fire inferno that devoured Mr Kaingu’s lodge really came from the evil spiritual ream just like you’ve put it and i believe that a thing of this nature can only come from the infamous Kachema camp, the well known Zambian Freemansonists.
Greg Makaveli
October 11, 2015 at 2:51 pm
Kachema or not the man has more money than your dad!,stupid mathafakaz!
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 3:54 pm
so we can benefit from UPND? Thanku JJB you are more practical than HH.
Paul Kalukuwa
October 11, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Hello fellow republicans,i think at the moment it important that we analyze critically to see who our next leader should be. let us stop arguing,name calling and politics of insults as wise as we are. lets us use our wisdom to advise those in leadership what should happen next in hamony. if PF has failed which party should form GRZ next we are not yet certain to date. And if UPND so wishes that we vote for it, let it explain clearly to the wise zambians how it intends transform this Ernest peace loving country for a better one.
As zambians we need to hear wise plans of economical transformation and how the said shall be executed regardless of which political party. And from there we will choose wisely come 2016. we seem to have lost truck
kayula
October 11, 2015 at 5:01 pm
paul, just say you want UPND. why is it that UPND always put on masks. Eg 6*6*6 and strange mesages came from Tonga SDAs suporting HH. Mulesokolokafye bane. Come next year things will be much better bane. Elyo learn to appreciate.
dudu
October 11, 2015 at 5:54 pm
Mutati the Chinese at chambishi mine owed Kalulushi manucipal council 3billion kwacha which you wrote off after the Chinese oiled your hands. That money could have gone a long way to improve the town
bige
October 11, 2015 at 5:58 pm
cadres ll always argue and difend wrong aswers with silly coments and end up seen fools they always want to turn the topics to tribal talks, like kambwili on phinix who was blasted by good answers from hh and kambwili realised he has a degree of CHEKA Typy, he said hh is misleading pipo minwhile he is the one misleading us with answers of no answers.
dudu
October 11, 2015 at 6:26 pm
Just like you will never acknowledge pf successes, pf cadres will not accept your criticism. In neither party wants to appreciate the others points!
Mwe bantu
October 11, 2015 at 7:58 pm
“You are attacking me for taking 115 people? Just go to our neighbours Zambia they took 256 people and their President hired a private jet that took him all the way to New York and waited for him right there for the return trip,” said a visibly-angry Mutharika. Malawi’s president arguing that he was not as extravagant as our president. Even our neighbours realise we are careless in the midst of economic challenges.
ken
October 11, 2015 at 7:59 pm
How can this learned and experienced man conclude that the budget does not deal with diversification? It’s either this guy has not read the budget or he is very dull.
1. The increase on the export of raw timber is meant to encourage value addition. Is that not diversification?
2. Reducing excise duty on local clear beer to make it competitive with foreign beers, is that not diversification?
3. Reducing property transfer fees to spur and encourage business in properties, is that not diversification?
What do you people want?
bige
October 11, 2015 at 11:05 pm
@mwe bantu just imagine ai, surelly do we apriciat such movs as trully zambians, only selfish fools and lunatcs ll do that. this govt is just too much of nothing.