Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Just arrived safely in nkeyema to cast my vote.
The real reason I travelled all the way is to ensure that the rebranded pf is annihilated completely and doesnt came anywhere close to the treasury.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
We appeal to undecided voters to vote for President Hakainde Hichilema having listened to his campaign message during this 90 day window period. Your vote is as important as mine in support of President Hakainde Hichilema. Vote to protect the gains made in 5yrs of the UPND Govt. – at Zambia
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
For those genuinely interested in Zambia’s debt record: official data—not partisan talking points—show that central-government external debt rose from US$1.98bn in 2011 to US$13.04bn in 2021 under PF, while domestic debt increased from roughly K14bn (rebased) to K192.9bn. By December 2025, under UPND, external debt stood at US$16.14bn and domestic government securities at K253.7bn. UPND has borrowed and must be scrutinized, but claiming it accumulated more debt in five years than PF did in ten is demonstrably false. This government inherited a sovereign default, pursued debt restructuring, and helped restore macroeconomic stability. Criticism is healthy; deliberate distortion is not. Education should sharpen objectivity—not dress propaganda in economic language. Debate the government’s record, but use comparable figures, consistent definitions, and full context.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Funny how I had a dream about this exact interview and people’s reactions before its release. It reminds me of a time when the Kaunda video circulated about HH and still nothing changed because time came to boot out PF. There’s something many keep missing about these elections. The sad part is how everyone is fighting each other and calling others dull or everyone countering their opinion.
Having your rights and exercising them without condemnation is what we all should experience, that’s freedom. Fighting one another isn’t the solution. We are one, let love lead. After these elections, we get back to regular life and we may need to even work together. Division starts when you believe you’re better than the next person and that includes you thinking you make better decisions than they do but remember, we all choose based on the current shoes we fill. And most likely, we all want what’s best for this country.
Let each one vote for who they want whether based on this interview or several other appearances they’ve seen.
Let people exercise their rights in peace, at the end it’s all One Zambia, One Nation.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Yama, clear and precise 2026-2031 UPND manifesto centered on production and development🫱🏾 – at Zambia
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Now with regards to the points you’ve made. Here’s my response to them:
1) ZCCM-IH’s conversion from the previous dividend based structure to a royalty based one was not made in a vacuum. They run a program involving independent advisors who informed the structure. Now let’s look at this objectively. What is your actual objection based on? You haven’t given a view on what the industry standard is for a royalty scheme. You haven’t produced a valuation estimate on the royalty scheme that accounts for life of mine or potential upside from rising Cu prices or even how the royalty compares to commercial royalties levied by commercial mineral rights owners. All you’ve stated is your opinion. But what is it commercially informed by? What’s the underlying commercial framework you’re running? As I said you are entitled to your views; but in the realm of commerce that has to be backed by quantitative analysis and commercial context; what is that?
2) You referred to Taxes; but what are you comparing against? Where’s your tax to GDP ratio? What about the state of the country’s fiscal situation before and after? What about the fiscal deficits before and after? What about the balance of payments position before and after? Economists have standard measures for analyzing the state of an economy. One must weigh all of them. You have mentioned none. Your criticisms are largely about counterfactuals tracking some important points but in isolation against everything else. Some of these aren’t even under the purview of the treasury but are for law enforcement bodies—illicit flows literally means CRIMINAL money movement; money laundering. FIC tracks it and shares the information with police, ACC and DEC. Yes it should be eliminated but that’s a police matter. What the numbers show is that ZRA is getting better at capturing tax; as measured against GDP. But closing the illicit flows will require more capacity. No argument there.
Re Cu policy; the stated goal as I understand it has been to position Zambia as a stable policy jurisdiction; improve investment into mining and encourage more Zambian participation. Thus far this seems to be working. Your desire for more Zambian involvement is being executed on the local content side; and over the next 10 years you should see the exploration being done by private players convert into mine operations. You should attend mining Indaba next year. I’d gladly provide a ticket. Meet the Zambian delegations—see the industry energy; it’s actually really positive.
As for the begging bowls. It’s easy to critique. It’s harder to get the work done. What is important is that Zambia’s debts are largely restructured. Her debt to GDP ratio has fallen, her economic respectability is now established in the eyes of global and local decision makers. Her path to sustained and equitable economic progress is now more possible than it was prior. What is now needed is making that growth durable and ensuring it creates jobs, lifts people out of poverty, makes a new generation of domestic businesses prosper and improves the wellbeing of every household.
These are the measures I track.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
The most disingenuous aspect of these elections is the tendency of people speaking for others.
Let those eg. in the rural areas tell you for themselves what they appreciate and what they want.
To come on this platform as the undisputed voice of all Zambians and delusional.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
So Zambia’s predominant ethnic-political divide can be traced to the rift between Kenneth Kaunda of Chinsali, Northern Province (now Muchinga), and Harry Mwanga Nkumbula of Namwala, Southern Province? The two eventually reconciled, yet nearly seven decades later later many people still seem to carry that beef both knowingly and unknowingly. Its crazy
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Pieces like this make me feel proud to be Zambian.
#Mulekeni_atwalilile. – at Zambia
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Now comes my third of the the few political posts I will make on social media as Zambia heads to the polls this year. This is food for thought for UPND political strategists. This is not based on any empirical analysis and is mostly opinions.
UPND will likely have an easy path in the 2026 elections. That much appears clear. But what came out from the nomination process was a clear disorganization and signs of discontent among party members who were not adopted as candidates. They may not say that now because of allegiance to the republican president. But serious internal cracks are beginning to form in the UPND. These disagreements are just the beginning. They will intensify as the battle to eventually succeed President HH begins. In fact, the ouster of Garry Nkombo may be an early sign that internal positioning has already started.
Shortly after the elections, key UPND members will begin to openly position themselves for influence ahead of 2031. I think HH already has an idea who may replace him. His philosophy in education is key. Whoever is hoping to get the blessings of the President will more likely be educated, young, visionary and someone who has been with HH for some time.
Some opposition parties seem to understand this reality. Their premature declarations of victory in 2026 may not necessarily reflect real expectations of winning this election. Rather, they appear to be playing the long game. They know they can’t beat this president. They are building local party structures, being visible on the socials, and showing some political relevance now for what could become a far more open and competitive race in 2031.
So UPND strategists need to think long term. HH is clearly a strong candidate. Whoever takes over after him will need to be stronger or else, in 2031 it we be dununa reverse all over again.
PS: As a spectator of UPND politics, a name i will be watching for in the UPND is the Special Assistant (Legal) to the President Christopher Mundia, unless he does not want the top job. He was my junior at Kafue Boys Secondary School but one heck of a debater.
Mweemba Sichilima retweeted
Elon Musk avait dit un truc qui m'avait marqué sur l'allocation de ressources. En substance : passé un certain niveau de richesse, l'argent n'est plus de la consommation, c'est de l'allocation de capital.
Cette phrase change tout.
L'économie, dans le fond, c'est juste un problème d'allocation. Tu as des ressources finies et des usages infinis. Qui décide où va quoi ?
Imagine une cour de récré. 100 enfants, des paquets de cartes Pokémon distribués au hasard. Tu laisses faire. Très vite, un ordre émerge. Les bons joueurs accumulent les cartes rares, les collectionneurs trient, les négociateurs trouvent des deals. Personne n'a planifié. Et pourtant chaque carte finit dans les mains de celui qui en tire le plus de valeur. Le système maximise le bonheur total de la cour. C'est ça, la main invisible.
Maintenant fais entrer la maîtresse. Elle trouve ça injuste. Léo a 50 cartes, Tom en a 3. Elle confisque, redistribue, impose l'égalité. Trois effets immédiats. Les bons joueurs arrêtent de jouer, à quoi bon. Les mauvais n'ont plus de raison de progresser, ils auront leur part. Les échanges s'effondrent. La cour est égale, et morte. Elle a maximisé l'égalité, elle a détruit le bonheur.
Le problème de la maîtresse, c'est qu'elle ne peut pas avoir l'information que la cour avait collectivement. C'est le problème du calcul économique de Mises, formulé en 1920. L'URSS a essayé de le résoudre pendant 70 ans avec le Gosplan. Résultat : pénuries, queues, effondrement. Pas parce que les Soviétiques étaient bêtes, parce que le problème est mathématiquement insoluble en mode centralisé.
Quand Musk a 200 milliards, il ne les consomme pas, il les alloue. SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, xAI. Chaque dollar est un pari sur le futur. Et lui a un track record. PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX. Il a démontré qu'il sait identifier des problèmes immenses et y allouer des ressources avec un rendement spectaculaire.
L'État aussi a un track record. Hôpitaux qui s'effondrent, éducation qui décline, dette qui explose, services publics qui se dégradent malgré des budgets en hausse constante. Le marché identifie les bons allocateurs, la politique identifie les bons communicants.
Le profit n'est pas une finalité, c'est un signal. Il dit : tu as alloué des ressources rares vers un usage que les gens valorisent suffisamment pour payer. Plus le profit est gros, plus la création de valeur est grande. Quand Starlink est rentable, ça veut dire que des millions de gens dans des zones rurales ont enfin internet. Quand un ministère est en déficit, ça veut dire qu'il consomme plus qu'il ne produit. L'un crée, l'autre détruit, et on appelle ça redistribution.
Dans nos sociétés il y a deux catégories d'acteurs. Les entrepreneurs et les bureaucrates. L'entrepreneur prend un risque personnel pour identifier un problème, mobiliser des ressources, créer une solution. S'il se trompe il perd. S'il a raison, ses clients gagnent, ses employés gagnent, ses fournisseurs gagnent, l'État collecte des impôts. Il est la cellule de base du progrès humain.
Le bureaucrate ne prend aucun risque personnel. Son salaire est garanti. Au mieux il maintient une rente existante. Au pire il la détruit par excès de réglementation, mauvaise allocation forcée, incitations perverses qui découragent ceux qui produisent. Mais dans aucun cas il ne crée.
Regarde les 50 dernières années. iPhone, internet civil, SpaceX, Tesla, Google, Amazon, Stripe, mRNA, ChatGPT. Toutes des inventions privées, portées par des entrepreneurs, financées par du capital risque. Pas un seul ministère n'a inventé quoi que ce soit qui ait changé ta vie au quotidien.
La France est devenue le laboratoire mondial de la dérive bureaucratique. 57% du PIB en dépenses publiques, record absolu. Une administration tentaculaire, une fiscalité qui pénalise la création de richesse. Résultat : décrochage face aux États-Unis, à l'Allemagne, à la Suisse. Fuite des cerveaux. Désindustrialisation. Dette qui explose.
Et le pire c'est que la mauvaise allocation s'auto-renforce. Plus l'État prélève, moins les entrepreneurs créent. Moins ils créent, moins il y a de base fiscale. Plus l'État s'endette et taxe. Boucle de rétroaction négative parfaite. La maîtresse pense qu'elle aide, et chaque année la cour produit moins.
Dans nos sociétés, ce sont les entrepreneurs, toujours, qui font avancer la civilisation. Les bureaucrates au mieux maintiennent une rente, au pire la détruisent. Aucune société n'a jamais progressé en taxant ses créateurs pour subventionner ses gestionnaires.
La question n'est jamais qui a combien. C'est qui alloue le mieux la prochaine unité de ressource pour maximiser le futur de l'humanité. La réponse depuis 200 ans n'a jamais changé. Ce ne sont pas les fonctionnaires.
