The current crop of MPs are not well vested with why they are in Parliament. Most MPs think that their role and duty is just to shout hear! Hear! Yeah! Yeah! . when you watch these MPs debate you will see that they are no longer inspiring our Young ones to be in politics.

Most ruling party MPs in exception of few notable ones like Dr. Kambwili and Tutwa Ngulube speak the mind of the people outside the house.

Most motions raised by the opposition are pro poor motions and you will see the ruling MPs shooting the motion using partisan numbers.

Mps should stop cadre-like thinking when they are in the house. People back home want a better life. When you see your mp voting against expediting payment of pensioners, you will think that very mp has no pensioners in his constituency.perhaps no pensioner voted for PF

The presumptive taxes under income tax that was overwhelmingly rejected by the people country wide was in the opposite received by the MPs from the right. Does it mean voters and those voted for have a different reasoning? They Dont meet half way? Does it mean our MPs Dont understand that the cost of living will be high and their electorates will suffer and their coins will be swallowed? This is hypocrisy by our men in heavy designers suits.

Our MPs also voted for the increase of cement prices. This is another betrayal from the PF MPs. The PF of sata had a housepolicy of; a roof on top for every one. How do they turn around and betray the Zambians by limiting them from owning houses via increased cement prices? Most of our people will not afford the new cement prices and with additional cost of presumptive taxes. In the new PF mmd,the rich shall get richer and the poor poorer.

The only good thing is that all of us,either NDC or PF or UPND we buy from the same shops. There is no tag that PF cadres or bootlickers will buy at the subsidised price. The pain is real for all of us,hence forth to unite and kick out these zombies in governance.

Our MPs votes for a motion like zombies on auto pilot. Its time they went for a refresher course to know that when they vote, they speak the mind of constituents. They should not misinterpret the echoes of our pain. We know life up there when you are an mp is not real. Its a life of blind loyalty but let’s remove that veil off that house. We want our MPs to be honourable by not being party bootlickers.

As NDC we acknowledge the efforts of the Chipili independent MP hon.chabi for speaking the language of voters. Let’s also emulate the KABWE Central Mp. We also pray for the UPND MPs is selective parts for being brave to speak the truth.

Mps open your eyes and Dont be misled by your chief whips. Emulate the vice President who can vote with pain.

Bernard Mwila.
NDC youth IPS
CB.