HOW PF PREPARED FOR ZAMBIA’S INDEPENDENCE 50 YEARS GOLDEN JUBILEE AND HOW UPND UNPREPARED FOR ZAMBIA’S INDEPENDENCE 60 YEARS DIAMOND JUBILEE
BY Kasebamashila Kaseba
HOW PF PREPARED FOR ZAMBIA’S INDEPENDENCE 50 YEARS GOLDEN JUBILEE AND HOW UPND UNPREPARED FOR ZAMBIA’S INDEPENDENCE 60 YEARS DIAMOND JUBILEE
— patriotic visionless one who saw the future and unpatriotic visioned one who saw the past or present not the future —
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3. Mr. Speaker, as we prepare to celebrate our 50th Independence Anniversary in 2014, we are reminded that our greatest strength as a country is the peace and unity that have been the hallmark of our nation.
4. The peace in unity we have enjoyed over the last half century has been by design and attests to our collective wisdom and vision, and not least the commitment of our founding fathers who gave meaning to the notion of “One Zambia, One Nation”. We have an inescapable duty to pass this legacy to posterity.
5. Sir, 2014 also marks the third year of the Patriotic Front Government.
6. It is in this context that the theme of the 2014 Budget is “Moving Forward to Consolidate Growth and Social Justice in Peace and Unity”.
7. Mr. Speaker, my address today is in four parts.
*[THE] 2014 BUDGET ADDRESS BY HON. ALEXANDER B. CHIKWANDA, MP MINISTER OF FINANCE, DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY 11 TH OCTOBER, 2013.