Do They Care about Lusaka Floods and the people Affected

Flooding in many parts of the country has been commonplace for decades. It has become a yearly ritual that the poor have to go through whether they like it or not. The mostly poor areas find themselves at the receiving end every time the country experiences heavy rains. This problem does not affect the leadership and if they are not affected at all, why should they care? Of course, they must be seen to care not only by exhibiting their usual lipservice but also through deeds. It is very long overdue and government has to come up with ways of addressing floods for good. It is such a mockery to see the councils put up drainage that is easily filled by a "teaspoonful of water".

Politicians must care and they must be made to care inasmuchas they were put in there current positions by the same people affected by the floods year-after-year. The relationship between leaders and the electrorate must be mutually beneficial. While the leaders benefit financially through their positions, the electrorate must also see benefits by way of developmental projects in their areas. Flood mitigation projects such as adequate drainage infrastructure will in a sense make them feel that their area MPs and other leaders care for their lot.

Luapula don't be fooled by promise of a Vice President

You will all recall that the people of Western Province were promised by RB that he would appoint a North Westerner as Vice President if they voted for him. We all know that he never honoured his promise and it's all history. His promise was essentially empty and designed to get votes. The problem in Zambia is that we either don't care about politicians taking us for rides or we simply have very short memory. We hope that the people in Luapula province learnt something from the empty promises made to hoodwink their Western Province counterparts. Zambians must not waste their time listening to politicians who have failed to deliver on their promises and their mandate to develop the country. It is sad and unfortunate to have politicians continue to run for office for personal aggrandizement and ease of access to public funds.

Cabinet to table NCC allowances

What will tabling the allowances of NCC members achieve? The majority of the NCC members are government officials with vested interest in the approval of allowances. What this manoeuvrings is is that it amounts to a mockery of the Zambian people especially those living way below the poverty datum line. When will this insatiable desire to rob public funds stop? It is all too clear that the current crop of leadership lacks developmental focus and complete inability to priorities the development of the country. The leadership seems to be racing against time considering that 2011 is just around the corner and therefore sees the urgency to amass wealth now under current corrupt system. Zambia's roads in many residential areas in Zambia are far from being acceptable and it is a wonder how area MPs even have the audacity to crave for their gratuity. At the rate the country's public funds are being misused or let's say misappropriated, there is no hope that residential infrastructure, especially roads, will ever be repaired to the level that was common during the First Republic. A recent of photo of a road linking Lumumba road with Luanshya road is a perfect example of how roads have deteriorated in Lusaka.The ZMK5 billion that NCC members are hankering for can be used to repair roads to benefit the masses as opposed to funneling the money into the pockets of the undeserving few.