The Times of Zambia (Ndola)
27 November 2008
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has assented to the three reduced Emolument bills, for the increase of salaries and allowances for the president, ministers, deputy ministers, members of Parliament (MPs) and other constitutional office holders.
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President banda needs to interprete economics into real life. If only a few individuals in this case. constituitional office holders be the only ones to to get good money? Their spending will still remain for their families alone and the satisfaction is minimal. If money is available to a good number of people, a country is likely to improve as many people will buy from markets to be satisfied hence more business, and that way the economy can grow. Lets say if those office holders can only get satisfied with 100 bags of mealie meal, who will buy the remaing