According to the article posted on the Zambia-economist George Chisanga apparently thinks so:

The intellectuals in this country have gone to sleep. Some of the problems that we are facing now would have been avoided had our intellectuals stepped up to help the country. There is need for people who have been educated using taxpayers money to step up and plough back to the governance of the country"

The Zambian Government has with immediate effect suspended former president Rupiah Banda's entitlement and retirement benefits. This comes after his party's decision to have Banda retain the party presidency of the now opposition party. The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) lost power to Michael Sata's Patriotic Front (PF) in the September 20 polls.

Dr Guy Scott (born 1 June 1944) is a Zambian politician. He is currently the Vice President of Zambia and a member of the Patriotic Front (PF).

After graduating from Cambridge University in 1965, Scott joined the government of the Republic of Zambia where he served in the Ministry of Finance as a planner. He was also the deputy editor of the Business and Economy of East and Central Africa during this period. In 1970, Scott left the government to become an entrepreneur and set up Walkover Estate, an agribusiness venture, which ventured into high value crops such as irrigated wheat, strawberries, and a wide range off season vegetables. In 1978, he co-founded the Mpongwe Development Company alongside with the Commonwealth Development Corporation. He then went on to engage in lecturing and research in robotics at Oxford University during the 1980's.

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