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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Chishimba Kambwili says President Hakainde Hichilema should consult his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame who was on a two-day visit to Zambia why his government has chosen to subsidise the price of fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround Luanshya, and the other day in Kitwe what people are saying and the way people are complaining is not too good for a government. The government is supposed to be a father and when an extraordinary situation presents itself, make extraordinary decisions. Look for money,\u201d he urged the UPND government. \u201cThere are things you have budgeted for that are not a matter of life and death but these will die of hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an address on Monday, Kambwili, a PF member, said he was so sure that President Kagame had told President Hichilema that Rwanda was subsidising the price of fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cKagame uko na landa balacita subsidise fuel (Kagame has said that they subsidise the price of fuel). South Africa is subsidising. What about you (President Hichilema). What is so difficult? Is the IMF going to be telling us how to govern?\u201d Kambwili asked. \u201cThey are telling us that by June we will be done [with IMF programme on board] things will be alright. The IMF programme is a three-year programme. That money will be disbursed in three years not by June.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kambwili cautioned the UPND from what he called lying to Zambians. \u201cStop lying to Zambians as if they don\u2019t think. Who told you Mr Nkhoma that the IMF programme is ending in June?\u201d Kambwili said in reference to economist Noel Nkhoma who recently held a press briefing in Lusaka to talk about the increase of fuel prices by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB). Nkhoma is member of the ERB board. \u201cDo the right thing to cushion the poor from the imminent suffering and hunger that will besiege this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kambwili said the UPND should not manage the economy at the expense of the poor. \u201cWe don\u2019t know whether people will start eating sweet potatoes or even roots. Me, I pity you (UPND). Don\u2019t be capitalists. Don\u2019t run the country strictly like a business where you want to see profits. In running the country, you must balance between keeping your macro-(economic) parameters in check and also the living standards of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI plead with you subsidise fuel so that people can have a breather. People are suffering. Your ministers get a lot of money. The state buys the President everything and (Anthony) Bwalya, the presidential aide for press, stop telling Zambians to persevere. You are telling Zambians to persevere. Yes, Zambians do persevere. They have persevered many times but this is an extraordinary situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kambwili said if the price of fuel would not be subsidised this month, it may shoot up to K33 per litre of petrol and diesel. \u201cPlease those in government, don\u2019t be arrogant. Don\u2019t overlook advice. This is what happens to a lot of governments. By the time you realise you are already out of government. I have said, we don\u2019t want you (UPND) to fail but please have mercy on your people. Subsidise fuel and get your cadres out of the equation,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way government has behaved in the past five days it is like you are trivialising the issue of increase of the price of fuel. The [UPND] IPS (information and publicity secretary) for Lusaka Province was addressing the nation about the price of fuel. You also went and got the (party) chairman for energy in your party to come and address the issue of fuel. You go and get Mr Nkhoma to address the issue of increase in price of fuel. Don\u2019t make mistakes that others have made.\u201d Kambwili called for separating the government from the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue has to do with the government and we want communication from government and not from the party. Statements from cadres is making it worse. Making you (UPND) look disorganised because when you look at statements that IPS made, what Mr Nkhoma and chairman for energy said, they are uncoordinated statements,\u201d he noted. \u201cMr Nkhoma says \u2018we have to fulfill the conditions of the IMF\u2019. The other says, \u2018our manifesto says we shall charge cost reflective prices\u2019. Come on UPND, you can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kambwili said the issue of fuel should be handled by the chief government spokesperson Chushi Kasanda or the line minister Peter Kapala. \u201cWhere is the chief government spokesperson in all this equation? Where is the official statement?\u201d he wondered. \u201cStop political party members from speaking on behalf of the government. That is also a form of caderism.\u201d Kambwili said the complaints over fuel from residents of Luanshya and Kitwe was not good for government.<\/p>\n

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