Zambian Politicians - FED UP

I often wonder why we have had the same faces on the political scene here in Zambia.

The same people shamelessly moving from party to party promising things they know they will never fulfil. Even when we vote aiming to change leadership the same faces resurface, WHY? This surely entails no change at all.

Indeed I hear many refer to politics as a dirty game but in my view that's just because we have all tolerated such a scenario.  I can't understand weather it's this belief that has caused people of truth and integrity to shy away.

I am aware of how many of us complain about how wrong things are in this country, corruption, lack of commitment by government to improve living conditions of the majority but many of us still seem to take very little interest in involving ourselves in governance.

I do listen to some radio shows and watch TV interviews where the populace is given chance to express their views and I get amazed at how expressively people show thier displeasure about what's going on in the country. If you ask these people if there is anything they are doing to try and change things besides complaining you will find there is nothing. Governance does not only  start at central Government but at Local Governance where it actually all starts and ends. A lot of us don't even know what is going on there. Let me give you an example. Central Government releases money to Local Authorities for development projects and it's misappropriated. It will take the Auditor General to notice and not the people for whom the development is for,why? Where are the activists, the whistle blowers, the general public, you and me. We are not checking because we are not interested! Yet we are the first to complain. People don't want to get involved. Are we saying we are too smart to get our hands dirty or is it just the patriotism we lack? Some People if they began caring much to get involved in politics can really do something to develop the country but we have left it all to a few that have arisen and are busy squandering resources before thier turn ends. They have learnt the channels of stealing and they can't believe thier luck that they keep bouncing back to steal some more, chosen and put back into the system.

If we must change this country for the better believe me, we need a total overhaul. We need more and more, passionate, patriotic, diligent and honest people in this business. Charismatic people that are not only interested in fattening their pockets but in the well-being of the majority and maybe you want to ask how we can know them..i tell you, you are able to tell.

We need right people, normal not crazy people that have no shame but take people for granted and leave them hopeless. We need genuinely purpose filled young men and women. This is a challenge. We (including myself) should think hard and long, not too long to let the forth coming tripatite elections pass us by, about what we can do to make things better. How we can chase out all those that we have had enough with and get fresh serious people in. No one says no to you trying and if you are an individual who wants to give it a try, well you never know till you try. I don't think Zambia has a leadership crisis, our God given leaders must hid the call and rise up.

Hence we say no more familiar selfish politicians anymore, we know them and we are just FED UP..ANYBODY UP FOR A REAL CHALLENGE?

Your Smart Phone, is Smarter than You Think

Immediately I get out of bed in the morning, before I reach for my hot cup of coffee, my trend has been to reach for my phone because I don’t sleep far from it anyway. I pick it to check for messages that could have come while asleep.
I know this may sound unproductive but again, maybe some of you could identify with me considering the fact that phones today are not just an advanced gadget people use to stay in touch with friends and relatives far and near, they are more than life lines to many small and big businesses alike.
I can tell you that I run, manage and operate my business on my phone. 80.5% of the things I do with my business cannot be done without my Smart Phone. It is my main means of communicating with people I have even never seen in my life, in places I have never stepped and in time zones so different from mine! Talk of turning the world into a global village, it was once just imagined but now it is a reality.
Sometimes I sit and think of the things our great ancestors could have done with this kind of technology. I say so because just to communicate with a place that’s like 200km for instance it took days on end but they did manage to achieve what they did.  Also just a few decades ago all we knew was posting letters and calling through optic fiber which costed so much .Now there is internet and smart phones. By a click of a button my message can travel thousands of kilometers in a split of a second, how amazing.
Just how many of us realize this potential that this kind of technology has brought along. I was recently telling a friend of mine that my very first business was started with the help of my smart phone. I communicated with suppliers on my phone, tracked my goods on my phone, received notification of arrival of my goods on my phone, advertised the sale of goods on my phone and sometimes sell through my phone.
However, today it is sad to note that many of us are still not paying attention and making use of these great facilities. Instead we have only paid attention to the social aspects that smart phones allow us to enjoy such as face booking, twitting which by the way if used properly themselves present great platforms for building business capacities. We are yet to realize the business potential that could help enhance our lives especially for us youths who are always complaining of lack of job opportunities.
Many of us youths for instance posses unique and useful skills and talents that can be show cased using social networks, to attract customers but many of us would rather use these platforms for unprofitable hook ups and unbeneficial exposure.
Did you know that today your smart phone can act as substitute for a desktop or laptop? In fact some smart phones are way better than the two. Invest in a good one if you can. Explore business ideas available, research on what others are doing to change the world, see how you too can do something to better yourself and those around you. Take the time to explore the world in your hands.
I hope that today can be the day that you stop to take notice of weather you have exploited the many benefits of your mobile smart phone. I hope that today you can realize that your phone is smarter than you really think it is.
Post courtesy of my Smart Phone