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Father Bwalya Backs Lungu On Mines
PATRIOTIC Front (PF) central committee member Frank Bwalya has appealed to Zambians to support President Lungu’s appeal to the mines not to fire workers unnecessarily.
Father Bwalya (below) said in a statement yesterday that President Lungu must be supported for opposing the behaviour of some mining companies who are rushing to laying off workers when they experience operational challenges.
“President Lungu’s challenge to Mopani Copper Mines to hand over the mine to the government if they have failed to run it should be supported by all patriotic Zambians because it provides the right framework and philosophy in dealing with foreign investors,” Fr Bwalya said.
He said President Lungu’s position in opposing the behaviour of some mining companies is justified because they make huge profits when the price of copper is high.
“We accept the reality that foreign investors come to our country to make money. But we should never accept a situation where they would reap huge profits but abandon our people at the sight of challenges triggered by trends in the global economy,” Fr Bwalya said.
He said mining companies should demonstrate loyalty to people who work hard to make them generate huge profits when the price of copper is good.
“When they make windfall profits, they cheat and refuse to share the benefits with the miners.
“It is against this background that President Lungu’s bold stance should be commended and supported so that foreign investors, especially mining companies, can learn to treat us fairly,” Fr Bwalya said.
And STEVEN MVULA in Lusaka reports that Zambia National Students Union (ZANASU) says the meeting it held with President Lungu while he was on the Copperbelt yielded results and pacified the students at higher institutions of learning.
ZANASU is the mother body of all students unions’ at institutions of higher learning.
The organisation’s vice-president Prince Ndoyi said the students are grateful that President Lungu took time to listen to their concerns while he was working from the Copperbelt.
“The meeting with the President has brought a great deal of hope amongst students. President Lungu showed concern over issues prevailing in higher learning institutions,” Mr Ndoyi said.
He said the primary purpose of the meeting was to exchange ideas on how best to resolve the challenges being faced by higher learning institutions.
Mr Ndoyi said the students expressed concern over bursary increment, firing of lecturers and expulsion of students, among other issues.
“As ZANASU, we are deeply elated with the seriousness President Lungu took on our issues and how open he was to admit where government had failed and how he was quick to instruct necessary government wings for intervention,” he said.
Mr Ndoyi said the President also advised the students to avoid demonstrations when they are aggrieved.
“President Lungu is indeed a humble man, but he is resolute. He is a father,” he said.
Mr Ndoyi urged students across the country to embrace dialogue and proper channels of communication.
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Hello Haters
November 5, 2015 at 9:34 am
Kikikiki,…. And do you expect him to back muliokela?
umuntu ni lungu.
November 5, 2015 at 10:10 am
Its not only father Bwalya but all well meaning Zambians. Mr president we shall run the mines let them just go.
Isaac
November 5, 2015 at 10:31 am
Definitely we can, if they fail, what else? We take them over coz this copper is under Zambian soil.
Objective Prophetic Philosopher
November 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm
My worry is how will this failing government manage the profit making venture when they have evidently failed to run the economy from already established basic governance and policies? They have failed to utilize huge taxes/money generated from so many sectors to serve citizens lives in these current pathetic economic predicaments. How will they manage a profit making venture?? ZCCM is just one an example of the eminent danger especially with clumsy hands of pf. It goes without saying that the current power deficit does not commensurate with desired maximum production for operations and sustenance in the mines. Sustainable conducive policies are what are to be provided as opposed to Kmbwili bulldozing formulae when you know your capacity is precarious. There is no point in stopping mines to lay off employees because they already offloaded so many back on the streets. Your so called working from the cope-belt was instead more of campaigns reacting to criticism. You missed the golden chance……..
Objective Prophetic Philosopher
November 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm
My worry is how will this failing government manage the profit making venture when they have evidently failed to run the economy from already established basic governance and policies? They have failed to utilize huge taxes/money generated from so many sectors to serve citizens lives in these current pathetic economic predicaments. How will they manage a profit making venture?? ZCCM is just one an example of the eminent danger especially with clumsy hands of pf. It goes without saying that the current power deficit does not commensurate with desired maximum production for operations and sustenance in the mines. Sustainable conducive policies are what are to be provided as opposed to Kmbwili bulldozing formulae when you know your capacity is precarious. There is no point in stopping mines to lay off employees because they already offloaded so many back on the streets. Your so called working from the cope-belt was instead more of campaigns reacting to criticism. You missed the golden chance……..
New Educated Zambia©❤√
November 5, 2015 at 10:52 am
This guy is the biggest idiot in zambia. He is a vuvuzela that supports blindly when he is being fed by any party. Watch him change sides as soon as there is a sign that upnd is winning. Foolish excuse of pastor
Objective Prophetic Philosopher
November 5, 2015 at 2:37 pm
No NEZ. That is too much respect for this native to be called pastor………he is now neither pastor nor father……may be he must now just be called Frank or PRANK WALYA…..coz he yapps nga alya…
emmanuel
November 5, 2015 at 10:53 am
Yes it sounds good but what u should know is that government has no capacity to run the mines but should bring credible investors and partner with them.Mining is an expensive business which requires technocrats.to run it.Remember we failed to run ZCCM because of political interference in the mining business.Let the government partner with investors and mornitor their activities instead of going to sleep leaving them manipulating things.
Shaka Zulu
November 5, 2015 at 10:53 am
I thought we failed to run ZCCM. What has changed now?
emmanuel
November 5, 2015 at 11:28 am
Little or nothing has changed because this government as I said earlier has gone to sleep,leaving crooked investors cheating us and manipulating things with impunity.Look at the work ZRA does.When it comes to auditing these mining houses,do you think ZRA has a capacity to audit such firms?Government should put in place measures to curb. trend of siphoning away of much needed resources by crooked investors.Ngafyafilikwa change policy on mining and introduce a 51% share in these mining firms
Hachigaba Hababwa!!(HH jnr)
November 5, 2015 at 11:28 am
Out of maybe 2000 workers/board members in these mines are local pipo,only top management positions lyk Director or Finance are these so called investors,why?
These are harvestors,they just come to make money here on the expense of poor zambians,we are the ones that runs these mines them just control.
Go round these offices u will find that these bigger boses owz sits on the computers playing games & watching blue movies…..bakolwe basombola epo tababyala. Vote wise,Vote EL.
Hachigaba Hababwa!!(HH jnr)
November 5, 2015 at 11:32 am
Good to see u back NEZ we missed u…Where did u go,hope temukukoma inembo ati akawine HH?……lol.
Denkete
November 5, 2015 at 2:06 pm
NEZ ama bundles yalipwile. apa elo akongola.
pufi pupu katufi
November 5, 2015 at 11:46 am
We had state owned companies like ZCBC, NIEC, MWAISENI……just shops but as government they were complexities that made us transform niec to SHoprite and look how much employment and improvement to the economy shoprite has brought, Now Mopani mines are you sure ………….leave it in private hands because us zambians are cunning we take over the mines and you will be finding copper ore on the display cabinets of employes and government or even those huge spare tyres will be used as chairs in sitting rooms. No let the mines be in private hands.
Judge Joe Bidden
November 5, 2015 at 12:08 pm
I didnt notice you also mentioned the shops!
That tells you this Edgar is not taking Zambia’s problems seriously.
M M
November 5, 2015 at 11:53 am
I M DISAPPOINTED AND ASHAMED OF FR FRANK. POLITICS OF THE BELLY. GOD WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON TIME WILL TELL
Judge Joe Bidden
November 5, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Mining is not like running a shop, even shops the govt failed to run remember we used to have NIEC and ZCBC. Edgar should be using his brains and stop this Mr Good Man mentality to win votes. Does the Govt has the money to run mines? Giving management to mines shall mean getting the elite even richer as they will start putting their relatives in strategic positions and loot the mines. Besides, what makes Lungu to think the challenges the mines have will end if he takes over? Thats being irresponsible and naive. What are the fundamental problems: Devalued Kwacha, low power supply, low commodity price of copper, poor or low FDI etc. So how will he fix these if he has already shown ineptness in running the economy?
musi mwape
November 5, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Excellent father B,let us supot our republican presdnt EL,do nt critisiz enhw,i luv u all upnd bicoz we ar one, stop tribalism,one zambia one nation
Jacko
November 5, 2015 at 12:24 pm
Remember those UNIP days,mines,were nationalised but the performance was bad.If pf think such actions could yield good results,let them go ahead,but zambians will regret very soon.Frank Bwalya suffers from political shick,the sprits of those chicken he sacficed in 2011 are haunting him.
Chinci Wababili
November 5, 2015 at 12:51 pm
Father Bwalya Failed To Be Chairman At Zesco Which Has Less Problem, Not The Writ Person To Coment Here ,the Way Ecl Talked Was In Some Way Challenging Mcm Not Send People To The Street, Not To Say That He Wants To Take Over,bena Ba Bwalya Ati Yes Take Over, Ala When U Stop Being A Priest Balapena,ku Mumwenafye Na Ku Mutwe Ati Lishilu
voice of reason
November 5, 2015 at 12:56 pm
How can people come into your country, you give them business to run and they fire the native people? What does the contract say? Mr. Lungu is a lawyer and he knows better. Mining deals were awarded fraudulently and the owners care less about local people. Unfortunately, the same local people will vote for the government that is at the helm of malpractices that are dehumanizing the local people. My fellow Zambians, are we going to keep patronizing this government when they can’t even negotiate the basics of the contracts regarding our own natural resource? And when an insightful comment like this is posted, it will get a chorus of insults. Zambia has been kabovalized and the investors are benefiting from the chaos because there is no credible leadership to chat the nation forward….Do you think our patriarchs like Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe or Harry Mwanga Nkhumbula, Mainza Chona or Mama Chikamoneka would rhyme with the status quo?
true
November 5, 2015 at 1:31 pm
If we ran our mines from 1965 to 1991 when Zambia had less capabilities to do so what about this time when the streets are flooded with graduates. We just need to relook at what went wrong and how best can we approach the business so that its viable and adding value to the lives of Zambians.
achi
November 5, 2015 at 1:42 pm
If we cant the run the mines as a Nation then we can as well just close the higher institutions running Degrees,diplomas etc in mining related universities and colleges. It as well mean that we produce half baked or text book engineers, mets, etc.Its a shame to think thus.
Chinci Wababili
November 5, 2015 at 1:52 pm
True Thy Are Minimal Actvities In The Mines Which Require Graduetes In A Department U Wil Find 1-manage 1- Superitendant 10- Materagists 50-mentanace Personel Againast 1000 Workmen Labour. Maybe New Mines In Solwezi We Can Try Coz Thy Are New But The Old Mines We Cant. Let Cooperate With Investers.
kanchine
November 5, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Upnd chaps are busy passing silly comments whilest their hh is one of the chaps who were busy selling our mines for their own interest, so ba upnd tell us since your boss sold the mines what is your camphagin stories or solutions about the problems we are facing now?
J. CHiiiKALI!
November 5, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Iyo inshita yalipwa umo akafwilapo ohh, the mines are now owned by MCM as major share holders = ni Political move maybe they are supporting Opposition, so thez no option before June 2016 jst do wat u can do if it means heating them heat them,,,
ndaje Kakhs
November 5, 2015 at 2:33 pm
Sad to see how opinions are fixed against certain quarters. NEZ & JJB are there to oppose, but I would welcome their opposition if they would back it with good analysis. I was born in the mines, brought up in the mines and I have spent all my working life in the mines. I have seen how NCCM worked compared to RCM. RCM was more efficient under David Phiri
Objective Prophetic Philosopher
November 5, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Seems you enjoyed hand outs and you miss them.
ndaje Kakhs
November 5, 2015 at 2:53 pm
There were no hand-outs. We worked for our money. KK saw the success of RCM compared to NCCM which was under Francis Kaunda then he decided to merge the two companies and that is where the trouble started. The inefficiency of NCCM creeped in. Infact for us ZCCM stood for ZAMBIA CIPUBA CHAONALU MAINI.
Hello Haters
November 6, 2015 at 5:06 am
The only thing you missing is kampompo iwe.
Gerald Boma
November 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Plunderers are positioning themselves to squander even the mines.
Frank is not even a decent father as all his children are outside marriage
KOPALA FACTS
November 5, 2015 at 3:42 pm
Bwalya frank,Ba Sata bakakubukila iciwa!! You just wanted him to give u position of VP in PF ! We know your Motive mu PF !!That’s why genuine PF members are leaving the party. We are waiting for FPF” free patriotic party”president M.S,Vice G.S,Chairman Kaseba,General sec M.S,nkomeshya member,Masebo Member,Chitimukulu,Mpezeni etc
zambian
November 5, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Fr Frank Bwalya should be the pf secretary general,ba chama davis kuwayawayafye,,,,fr. bwalya is an organizer.spot on,before the mines were sold,we were running them,infact govrt should own its own mine to avoid exploitation by foreigners.
Quest
November 5, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Pliz people this chap is NO LONGER a father. He is Mr or better still political prostitute, belly politician, confused, muselela kwakaba, etc Frank Bwalya
Ba pf founders
November 5, 2015 at 8:48 pm
&objective prophetic philosopher u gut brains. Pathetic failures r shooting aimlessly. Clueless to the core. Vote hh !
Objective Prophetic Philosopher
November 6, 2015 at 7:58 am
It’s irritating man. We let these guys have another five years of not respecting us to mess us more than this. I am voting HHim in……we all know him. Vizibika
The Mentalist
November 6, 2015 at 5:42 am
This idiiot called father really is a foool.
mike angoni
November 6, 2015 at 8:45 am
father bwalya is right and who says we faile to run the mine its only that the hh were too excited and wanted to benefit and now this is the result yu the same people criticised kk who new better about sap
amos
November 6, 2015 at 9:42 am
the closure of mines is a blow
Tesheti
November 6, 2015 at 9:59 am
MM,
Ikala fye if you have nothing to do in your life.. In-fact it is you belly that is empty always.
Just shut your mouth up.
Newzulu
November 6, 2015 at 11:27 am
I think the government should concentrate their efforts on stablising the economy like currency, energy, policy inconsistences, and stop the debt then things will ok. The president should be a negotiator not threatening investors.
observer
November 6, 2015 at 2:35 pm
Dreaming is allowed anyway.let the upnd guys dream that one day they govern.fr Bwalya is a partriotic person who longs that every zambian must be respected.
Fantasy
November 6, 2015 at 3:19 pm
Child’s Play! What was the minister of mine sayn when the mines were retreachn, what do they discus in cabinet, why shud we dance to swit talk?
Big Nose
November 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm
Ba Edgar chanwa lungu is wasting the zambian people s time we tired with Edgar chanwa lungu
only reasonable voice
November 6, 2015 at 8:21 pm
When I just read the name on the title that Father Bwalya, I haven’t even read the article coz I know it will just be senseless. Human being waste of space
only reasonable voice
November 6, 2015 at 8:22 pm
When I just read the name on the title that Father Bwalya, I haven’t even read the article coz I know it will just be senseless. Human being waste of space indeed