@InfinitelyDean@Patriotic_610@Mwebantu Your earlier analysis was spot on. Just curious to learn, how close are the revised prices to what you expected if there is no extension to the relief on duties?
@HonMushimba I suspect one of the reasons for the delimitations exercise was to decongest the overcrowded urban areas such as Lusaka, and to develop the underdeveloped rural areas through CDF in order to reverse the urban drift.
@_LimbikaniM@DiggersOfNews You deliberately ignored the low education part. Parents are deliberately not taking their children to school even when basic education is free.
@InfinitelyDean As a witch hunter is am scared coz;
1. It seems Uncle Sam feels like the impact of cutting USAID was not really felt by Africans. Under this arrangement, the next cut will be data driven and unprepared African recipients will feel the pain.
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It is important that we Zambians point out the shortcomings of the government. It pains me to notice that in the Zambian narrative, the government means only one person, the president. We rarely hold our immediate leaders MPs/ councilors accountable. It's a tall order.
Leading up to 2021 general elections, there are some notable names on here we stood out and went out of their way to ensure UPND victory.
Of so many, Lanky @LankyObserver was notable in his mobilisation of youths to register and his staying vigilant and going with little sleep through voting and counting nights to protect the votes.
It pains me to see him been so insulted by folks on here for raising concerns over the UPND in government and their re-election prospects.
We really need to stop this Zambia.
How do we build the nation together when all we seem to do is knock each other down?
We are a nation of over 20 million people.
How do we realistically expect us all to agree on every single national issue?
We can be better than this. Please 🙏
@tonytheegoon It's even more scary for places like Zambia where levels of illiteracy are very high. People who can't read believe everything they see or hear and it's very difficult to convince them of things like ai. 😨
I had a few questions for @AskRtsa
Me: The Special Number plates…they cost about K10,000., that’s a lot of money just for 3 letters and 3 digits, when is RTSA going to increase the number of letters and digits? In other countries people pay less than that for 7 letters and 7 numbers?
PR LADY: You have to write a letter to the CEO and take it there, do you know where our Head Office is? On Dedan Kimathi road?
Me: Yes
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Me: I recently registered a car at RTSA Silverest, and they misspelt my first name, just the last letter of my first name, they put an N instead of an M at the end. The lady who captured my details did not confirm with me to make sure all the details were correct. It was after I was given the Temporary White Book when I noticed the mistake. I went back to the same lady, but she said it was impossible to change the details.
PR LADY: You have to go back there, but you have to pay a Fee.
Me: A Fee? So your system is designed not to correct mistakes?
PR Lady: Just go back there.
Me: 😕
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Me: Great East Road is often traffic jammed, l think one of the reasons is that some slow cars drive in the fast lane; then the fast cars keep switching from lane to lane trying to avoid them, so that causes further congestion and slows traffic. . .
PR LADY: Those people who drive slow cars in fast lanes did not get their Lincence in a proper way, because if you got your license in a correct way you should know that this is a fast lane so you can’t drive in a fast lane.
Me: But even senior managers who are qualified and experienced still go for Seminars and refresher courses to remind themselves of what to do; GER has a lot of Billboards, maybe RTSA should put up Billboards to remind slow drivers to drive in the slow lane. . .that can speed up the traffic?
PR LADY: Like l told you, write a letter to the CEO that you are suggesting these things and take it there.
Me: Does he have an email?
PR LADY: People don’t read emails, just take the letter physically.
Me: 😀 We’re now in the digital era people should read emails so they can make decisions faster.
@Space2013M@chischans The opposition should not operate like businesses competing with the ruling party. Let them share a clear road map of how we can achieve the reforms in mining. We will still give them the credit even if the current government implements them. One Zambia one Nation.
@kamona_mubita@DukeofKasama When you refine your own crude oil the by products are plentiful and almost always on demand. The refinery can 'subsidise' the price of fuel by selling by products such as bitumen, waxes and and lubricants.
@briansimasiku@ChibaleSam We can't drag the whole of Africa into this. I have seen, with admiration, east Africans do the same with very expressive results.