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Zambia, Japan sign K15 billion financial agreement

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The Zambian government has signed a K15 billion financial agreement with the Japanese government for the ground water development project in Luapula province.

The project would be undertaken in three phases covering a period of two years and would be conducted in all the seven districts of Luapula.

It will be funded by the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Joel Ngo and Director for the Department of Housing and Infrastructure, Peter Lubambo signed on behalf of the Zambian government in Tokyo, Japan last evening.

This is according to a statement released to the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Lusaka today by the Zambian Embassy in Japan.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Zambia’s Ambassador to Japan, Godfrey Simasiku and the acting Head of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Etambuyu Siwale.

Mr. Ngo hailed the Japanese government for the continued friendship and support in various sectors of the Zambian economy.

He said his ministry would work and support the project contractors, Nissaku and the consultant, Japan Techno to ensure that it was successfully completed.

Mr. Ngo expressed hope that improved and safe water supply would help reduce waterborne diseases such as river blindness among others in Luapula province.

The signing agreement follows successful negotiations that started in July this year.

Luapula province joins other provinces such as Western in benefiting from similar programmes.

In mid October this year, the contractor is expected to move on site and start drilling and equipping 200 boreholes.

The project will also include the establishment of operations and maintenance of systems in all the seven districts.

The seven districts of Luapula province are Mansa, Nchelenge, Samfya, Kawambwa, Mwense, Chiengi, and Milenge.

ZANIS/YK/KSH/ENDS.

12 COMMENTS

  1. Good development coming to icalo cabusaka. Government must be commended. Govt promised this during the 2007 mutomboko ceremony which was graced by his honour RB.

  2. great development indeed, but zed should learn to do some of these thingz ourselves.we have enough to do it,we cant always rely on foreign aid.

  3. This is really crazy. Ground water when there is abundant surface water in Luapula? Is this a dead GRZ or a collection of Nyau dancers?

    Be serious. With the readily available surface water, why not put in infrastrcuture to harness this water and make it available for other citizens far and wide of Luapula?

  4. how many times have we heard of billions being Donated to zed yet we cant see any development taking place not even in existing Towns like Kabwe.honestly speaking
    i don’t buy these simple Development programs that that only Surface during Election periods,after this Pakatalala,any thing left and donated goes into their pockets bamambala.

  5. Iwe #4 kambwanga, surface water needs a treatment plant to make it portable.

    Ground water is already filtered and is therefore cheaper to provide.

    Don’t be a career complainant, even when a good thing is being done. Well done RB RB RB!!!!!!!!!

  6. Imwe naimwe ba #4, who ever told you water is on the surface? Besides the “surface water” as you call it is already being “harnessed” as you put it, but its not purified. The Japs are putting in very sophisticated infrastrucure to reduce on diseases that are waterborne that many of the people in Luapula suffer from due to drinking and using “unharnessed” water, c’mon now, 15 billion dollars aint a joke.

  7. Ba #4 dont comment on issues you dont understand man or woman. you actually seem ridiculous. Stick to what you understand better. we should commend the Government for this. The luapula guys have really suffered a lot due to funny water borne diseases

  8. Better the Japaneses then the Chinese. I value investment from the Japanese more than the “no strings attached” Chinese investment. The Chinese are shady.

  9. LT. THERE WAS SOME TOURISM ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN SAMFYA AND THE REST OF LUAPULA PROVINCE WHERE MORE THAN 150 TOURIST WENT AT A GO. PLEASE, REPORT ON THAT PROGRESSIVE ISSUE AND SHOW US SOME IMAGES OF SAMFYA BEACHES THE NEGLECTED PLACE IS ONE OF THE FEW WONDERFUL PLACES ON EARTH. GUYS GOOGLE “SAMFYA BEACHES” AND SEE WHAT THESE ZAMBIAN GOVTs HAVE NOT BOTHERED TO REALLY DEVELOP. I GO TO BEACHES HERE (OVERSEAS), NO BEACH HERE CAN MATCH OR COME NEAR TO SAMFYA BEACHES.

  10. You people with negative ideas about rural water deveolpment projects should refrain from such acts. You see water is a right and luapula for years has been hit with critical water shortages and as such we need to give credit where it is due. I am part of the team implemeting this great project in this part of Zambia and I know what I am talking about. I was part of the team that did the socio economic survey in 2006. Be cool and wait for the results

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