The demand for cow dung for cooking has increased in Kabulungwe ward of Itezhi-tezhi district.
According to a survey by ZANIS in Kabulungwe, the remotest ward in Itezhi-tezhi district, the demand for cow dung for energy has increased due to the increased inflow of fish traders from Lusaka in the area.
Kabulungwe ward, which is surrounded by kafue plains, has few trees, if any, leading to shortage of firewood, forcing people to use cow dung.
“We are using cow dung  for cooking and warming ourselves because it is very rare to find fire wood or, if you find it, it is very expensive” one interviewee said.
The residents  told ZANIS that even charcoal is a very scarce commodity such that if it is available its price is  exorbitant.
“Most of us who buy fish come from Lusaka and we come with our own charcoal or wood because these are very expensive here,” said a Lusaka-based fish monger.
And the Itezhi-tezhi District Voter Education Committee (DVEC) and the Local drama group were yesterday starved as they refused to use cow dung to cook their food.
The DVEC members preferred to prepare their meals in Banamwaze in chief Chilyabufu after leaving Kabulungwe.
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FIRST!!!!!!!
Thats just nasty!!!
what do you expect with sisala in control? only himself is having electricity.
#2 What nasty are you talking about? As an ila man i will tell that my ancestors have always used dung.
our country will run out of wood.
This is how you can tell that we just concentrate pafya ziiii, viliye nanzelu. I thought people were going to be asking why that should be the alternative and why it should not be. All we can contribute about is how well you coin an insult based on political inclination. There is too much shortage of intelligent and contructive discussion on matters such as this one whereby one would expect some contribution since we have global warming, or how that can help us benefit from carbon credits. Let me not go into mentioning carbon credits otherwise amonko anaganize monga nulabila pama C, C+, or A+. Mwawa ba zed.
Cow dung is not a strange biofuel, Indians have used it time immemorial. So if these people use the dung, dont demonize them coz actually they are using fuel that is considered clean.
Tonga brothers; there you go!
I thought that Cow Dung was among the top Ozone depleters??? Or am I mistaken?
Even houses or is it mud huts use/used cow dung for a smooth finish. What you call plastering.