Do Zambia’s rich care?

I WRITE with a heavy heart on the unfolding situation in our country concerning those self-acclaimed wealthy people yet little or nothing is seen if they have any plans to empower the majority poor Zambians.

These are the same people who have sold public assets for a song and have enriched themselves in the process.

While the poor are crying for their money, they are laughing from a distance and mocking people whose wealth enriched them.

This is so common on the political platform for people to boast of being very rich yet they don't care for the poor apart from using them to ascend to power.

Most times than often, they are actually even bad payers to their own workers. Where is their pride then? They leave the poor homeless in their quest to grab more land. It only tells that the majority vulnerable and poor Zambians are only important to them for political mileage.

Let us be very civil in our political expediency and remember that power with a hungry following is very dangerous.

That is why even the bible is clear when it says the hand that giveth is better than the one that receiveth.

It is for this reason that I again applaud President Edagr Lungu for committing part of his monthly remunerations for the purpose of advancing the welfare of the poor. That is taking self-introspection and realising that the poor need the money more than yourself.

Let our self-acclaimed rich in society always care for the poor people even before they ascend to political power. More still, let them explain where their wealth came from.