Levy's legacy

Our current president is in the middle of his second and final term in office. It is at this point in time that most holders of similar postions start addressing the issue of legacy. What are people going to remember about Levy's presidency?
To answer this question one has to look at the legacy of KK and FTJ. KK built the infrastructure and was also a pan-africanist.
FTJ's rule is intersting. He no doubt empowered Zambians to own property and went some way in repairing the country's infrastructure. Privatization of the state owned companies is another one of his achievements. However, his rule is tainted by the fact that he tried to run for a thrid term which polarised the country and his own party (MMD). It is also widely believed that his rule was very corrupt and led to an abuse of public funds.

One would think that the stage was therefore set for Levy to be the man that cleaned up FTJ's mess. Wrong! His anti-corruption drive has only led to the arrest and imprisonment of Richard Sakala. All the other big fish are still free. We can therefore safely say the anti-corruption drive will not provide a strong legacy. What of the thorny issue of the constitution? Levy has once again mismanaged the constitution review process. He has at every stage ignored the will of the people. His arrogance over this issue is beyond belief! What of the low inflation and increased economic activity? The man is simply lucky. I have not seen any evidence to link any of GRZ's policies and intiatives to the low inflation and increased economic activity. This is really being driven by the high price of copper on the world market and the opening up of new mines in N.W province. What happened the oil in Chavuma Levy announced last year.

My guess is that we shall remember Levy as the man who was woken up at night by FTJ and offered the presidency on a silver platter.

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