Zambians are hungry for change - chief Hanjalika
By George Zulu in Monze
Tue 30 Nov. 2010, 04:00 CAT
ZAMBIANS are hungry for change of leadership next year, says chief Hanjalika of Mazabuka district. And chief Hanjalika says pursuing PF leader Michael Sata in connection with the US $100,000 now is politically engineered.
In an interview, chief Hanjalika said
it was possible that next year Zambia would be under a new leadership and government with or without the PF-UPND pact. He said
the desire for change was evident enough from debates going on in the country.
"I am not a politician but looking at what the people are saying, even here in rural areas, change is possible. It's unavoidable and I am seeing that coming next year," he said.
Chief Hanjalika said the government’s failure to convene an urgent referendum to consider the 50 per cent plus one vote as the presidential threshold had annoyed Zambians.
"People are registering as voters and what they are saying is that they are not happy with the current government, especially that it has failed to consider the urgency of the referendum on the 50 per cent plus one vote for a wining president before next year’s elections," he said.
And chief Hanjalika said pursuing Patriotic Front president Michael Sata now over the US $100,000 was poorly done.
"Whatever they want to do with Mr. Sata, they should have a conscience,” he said. “Let them not be political in the manner they handle it. I wish they can look at it in a much broader way than doing it at this time.”
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Rupiah has no remorse over attacks on donors – Chief Hanjalika
By George Zulu in Monze
Wed 01 Sep. 2010, 11:00 CAT
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda and his government seem not to have any remorse over their attacks on donors, chief Hanjalika of Mazabuka has said. In an interview, chief Hanjalika said it was surprising that government and its leaders have continued to attack and accuse donors of things that were confusing and unreasonable. Chief Hanjalika expressed disappointment over the continued attacks on donors by government.
He said it was regrettable that President Rupiah Banda, instead of promoting dialogue between government and donors, was in the forefront to ask donors to pack their bags and go where they came from.
“Politicians must consider the poverty levels Zambians are experiencing before they can attack donors in a manner which is embarrassing and dehumanising, Africa has a problem of high levels of poverty and we need donors to help us, we have not yet reached their level of economic development,” he said.
Chief Hanjalika said rural areas in Zambia were the worst hit with poverty and under-development, adding that chasing away donors and pretending that things were well was a serious misconception which needs an urgent change of attitude towards donors.
He said it was unfortunate that government under President Banda seems to have no remorse over the attacks on donors.
“These people need to address the problems they think they have with donors. It is not good because we need their money; we have always told the President that we are ready to work with him but how do we work with him if finances for development are not there? How do we work with him if people with funds and other resources are being chased? Government and politicians need to change their mindset towards donors,” said chief Hanjalika.
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Govt disappoints chief Hanjalika over unfulfilled development promises
By George Zulu in Mazabuka
Thu 24 June 2010, 16:10 CAT
CHIEF Hanjalika of the Tonga people of Mazabuka has said he is disappointed with government’s failure to deliver its development promises made especially on the maintenance of roads that lead to productive areas in his chiefdom.
And chief Hanjalika has urged his subjects to use condoms if they cannot abstain from premarital sex.
In an interview after officiating at the Lwiindi -Mulembo traditional ceremony, chief Hanjalika said he was very disappointed with government’s reluctance when it came to road rehabilitation and other infrastructure developments in his chiefdom and other surrounding areas.
“I am not happy with the government over the state of roads in my chiefdom; they are in a very bad shape they need to be worked on. I really don’t know who has gone to sleep over the rehabilitation
exercise of these roads I am talking about. They have failed to work on these roads and that makes me to be very disappointed,” chief Hanjalika said.
He said he was willing to work with the government but failure to address issues of roads, maize marketing and other socio-economic challenges his subjects were faced with was discouraging.
Chief Hanjalika also said it was disappointing that government had paid a deaf ear to the marketing of maize, saying briefcase maize
buyers had invaded his chiefdom and were buying maize at K22, 500 per 50 kilogramme bag of white maize.
“I have resisted these briefcase maize buyers because they are bogus
businessmen, how do they buy maize at K22, 500 per 50 kg bag, we
should not sell our maize at a cheap price like that, let’s wait for
FRA to come and collect our maize,” chief Hanjalika advised.
And chief Hanjalika has called on his subjects to use condoms every
time they want to have sex.
Chief Hanjalika said it was important for his subjects to be using condoms every time their sexual desires overcame them.
“As we are celebrating let’s remind ourselves that in our midst there
is HIV and AIDS, this disease has claimed so many lives, so let’s all use
condoms if we cannot abstain from sexual activities, if our sexual
desires overcome us let’s use these condoms because they will prevent
us from contracting the virus,” said chief Hanjalika.
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Chief vows not to protect Cannabis growers
Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 14:57
Chief Hanjalika of the Tonga people in Mazabuka district has expressed worry at the high number of people engaged in commercial cannabis cultivation in his chiefdom.
The chief said in the recent past, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested a number of people in connection with the commercial cultivation of cannabis in his chiefdom among them village headmen.
He told ZANIS in Mazabuka today that the increased number of people growing the illicit drug has dented the image of the chiefdom.
He has since vowed not to protect anyone, including his village headmen, and warned that they will be arrested for growing cannabis because they have embarrassed him and put the name of his chiefdom into disrepute.
Chief Hanjalika said it was saddening that hardly a day passes without reading in the media about people being arrested for drug related offences.
He further lamented that the Mazabuka magistrate court has been flooded with cases of illegal cultivation of drugs from his area.
Chief Hanjalika has since urged the DEC to comb his chiefdom and bring to book all perpetrators of the vice in order to promote sanity in the area.
Meanwhile, Mazabuka District Commissioner, Tyson Hamaamba has urged the Drug Enforcement Commission to seriously commence sensitisation meetings in chief Hanjalika’s area to educate people on the dangers of growing cannabis.
Mr. Hamaamba said the sensitisation would help change the belief of some villagers who think growing cannabis was as normal as growing maize.
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FRA should count itself irrelevant, says chief Hanjalika
By Henry Chibulu in Mazabuka
Sunday July 13, 2008 [04:00]
CHIEF Hanjalika of Mazabuka has said the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) should count itself irrelevant in this year’s maize marketing exercise because the private sector is buying maize at a more attractive price in his chiefdom. Chief Hanjalika told ZANIS in Mazabuka yesterday that the private sector was buying a 50 kilogramme bag of maize at K50,000 cash. He said farmers were happy with the prices the millers and other maize traders were offering, especially that it was more than the government recommended floor price of K45,000.
Chief Hanjalika said villagers would not allow FRA to buy maize given the attractive prices from millers and other traders. Chief Hanjalika said the delay by the FRA to move in and buy off maize from farmers in his chiefdom would disadvantage the government because all the maize would be bought by the private sector.
He said it would be expensive for the government to buy maize outside the country in the event that the nation was hit by food shortages. Chief Hanjalika urged the government to strengthen cooperatives by injecting huge sums of money to enable them meet modern challenges of agriculture and marketing technics. Chief Hanjalika said FRA had proved to be a failure in the maize marketing process as evidenced by its delay to pay farmers in last year’s marketing season on time and now its failure to buy maize on time.
FRA has only opened two purchasing depots in Malabo area in chieftainess Mwenda’s chiefdom and Chivuna in chief Hanjalika’s area.
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