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Rupiah’s defeat on C/belt assured, says Chililabombwe MP

Rupiah’s defeat on C/belt assured, says Chililabombwe MP
By Misheck Wangwe in Kitwe
Thu 05 May 2011, 04:01 CAT

Misheck Wangwe in Kitwe CHILILABOMBWE member of parliament Esther Banda says President Rupiah Banda is assured of another massive defeat on the Copperbelt as his government has failed to show leadership over the mining sector.

In an interview yesterday, Banda said it was immoral for President Banda to continue claiming that the country was benefitting from the mining sector when poverty and unemployment levels among young people on the Copperbelt were very high. She said people were angry with President Banda because he sided more with investors than his people who were not seeing the benefits of massive foreign direct investment the country had continued to record.

“What is the significance of massive foreign direct investment if our people are not benefitting from it? Poverty levels in many constituencies we have visited so far are very high. Many people are jobless and we can’t even talk about infrastructure development because everything that was left by ZCCM is dilapidated,” Banda said.”

“People are now aware that the man occupying State House is full of deceit and they will teach him another lesson.” Banda said it was sad that despite the mines making huge profits, there was no tangible corporate social responsibility that the people could point at. She said the country needed a leader that would compel investors in the mining sector to share the profits from the mines with the people.

Labels: CHILILABOMBWE, MMD, PF, RUPIAH BANDA

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