KAMBA CANES DETRACTORS

CHARLES

Kabwita is clueless about the Patriotic Front (PF) job creation policy, PF Lusaka Province Secretary Kennedy Kamba has said.

Mr Kamba said the PF Government had made strides in ensuring that jobs were created especially for youths.

He was reacting to assertions by National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) national youth chairperson Mr Kabwita that the President Edgar Lungu lied to the people of Zambia that about 1000 jobs would be created under Industrial Development Corporation (NDC).

He said in an interview yesterday that the PF had continued with its ambitious programme of empowering young people so that they could improve their livelihoods and contribute to economic development. Mr Kennedy Kamba

In construction, Mr Kamba said, Government had launched the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project which would create over 3, 000 jobs for young people.

"Firstly, I want to advise young people who mean well for this nation to avoid listening to frustrated voices of young people like that of Charles Kabwita.

“He has no moral right or authority to downplay or ridicule the practical measures that President Edgar will implement in the next six months to ensure that there is continued funding and empowering of thousands of young people<” he said.

Mr Kamba also said the Zambia-China Mulungushi Textiles Joint Venture would soon open and that over 500 young people would be employed.

In small scale mining, he said, a model was being formalised to ensure sustainable income for young people in that sector.

"Right now, the Minister of Youth and Sport Emmanuel Mulenga is working round the clock to ensure that the Presidential directive to enhance youth participation in available economic opportunities in mining, construction, agriculture/aquaculture, and manufacturing is fulfilled.

"We have aquaculture, manufacturing and agriculture empowerment programmes that are being formulated and being implemented right now, and thousands of job opportunities await young people from across Zambia and without any form of discrimination," Mr Kamba said.

Mr Kamba appealed to young people to ignore doomsayers or any negative energy that was being propagated.

He said many of them had no moral right or authority to talk about good governance or make attempts to ridicule the good will of the PF Government on young people.