The Lusaka Province Joint Operations Committee has recommended that the K70 million given to Siavonga district council for erecting a security wire fence around Siavonga airstrip be properly accounted for.
The Committee noted with serious concern,the manner in which the funds were used.
Government gave the money to Siavonga District Council to enable the local authority fence the airstrip to prevent livestock from crossing the runway.
The joint operations committee expressed disappointment over the work that has been done so far, saying the amount given does not tally with the work that has been carried out.
“We are disappointed with what we have seen at the airstrip, because the K70 million that was released by government was enough to completely erect a security wire fence, unlike what has been done,” Brigadier General Mwila said.
The committee that comprises senior officers from Zambia Army, Zambia Police Service, Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service, raised the concern over the poor workmanship at the airstrip when they paid a courtesy call on Siavonga District Commissioner, Emily Striedl at her office yesterday.
Brigadier General Mwila further said the money was not put to good use and called for a follow-up on the matter to establish how the money was utilized.
He informed the District Commissioner that the team’s visit to the district was to check on the security measures of the area.
Brigadier General Mwila further said, his team visited Namoomba fishing camp on the lower Zambezi near Zimbabwe, where there were reports of Zimbabwean security personnel harassing Zambian fishermen recently.
He assured the District Commissioner that there is peace in Siavonga and that the concerns raised by villagers in the area had been taken care of by various security agencies.
And Mrs. Striedl said the issue surrounding the fencing of the airstrip is critical and needs to be given serious attention for it to be completed.
She said, at the moment no department has taken full responsibility of the airstrip, resulting in the infrastructure that was put-up getting vandalized by locals.
She said some materials that were meant for the fencing of the airstrip are still lying idle at the District Council offices.
The DC said her office would soon convene a meeting involving senior officials of the local authority, to get to the root of the problems surrounding the fencing of the airstrip.
ENDS
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another scam pa zed awe mwe
Ka 14 pin fye sure kapanga headline? But pa Zambia yaliposa zoona!
If there is a time that government need not be blamed, this is it. Money is given to local governments and they use it for ‘KACHASU’—and contract HIV/AIDS in the process. Then, when infrastructure conditions in your areas gets worse, you turn around and blame Lusaka (central govt) for it. Infrastructure such as Airports, Airstrips, Roads, and the like, are things that can be used to spur development and economic activities in your areas if only you guys at the local level can use your GOD GIVEN BRAINS to think creatively, and not just sit, waste the meager resources you given, and wait for “God knows who” to come and save you from your misery. When are you, as local custodians of public funds, going to take responsibility for your own destiny? Remember, you are competing with…
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so many other pressing problems in the Country for you to be wasting funds like there is no tomorrow. How about getting a “middle finger” in your faces next time you cry to Lusaka for more money!!
#3, Mulenga Wa Mpanga: Do I understand your ‘ichi Bemba’ correctly? Are you making light of the fact that it was only ’14 pin’ (I am not sure if you meant in dollars or not, I did not do the math) that was misapplied? Do you realize that the economy and development in Zambia is dying a slow death from a case of a “1000 cuts”? Remember, it’s not necessarily the K10 Billion scams that we have been hearing so much about lately that have continually strangled the Country’s economic development, it is the ’14 pins’ of this world that are doing the job. ‘14 Pin’ here, ’14 Pin’ there, and you multiply that by 50+ district municipalities we have in Zambia, and you see how quickly this can add up, right?
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…And this is not including crooks at the Central Government level and the Provincial level. Do the Math; it is mind blowing how big the “Dollar figure” you are going to come up with when you take these factors into account. It is in the Millions, and Billions in Kwacha terms!!
BU NJeke is now spreading like a wild fire in a harmattan . No one in control. This is what happens when the head is rotten. The whole body follows suit.
Even in a home. When parents are alcoholics, children will be worse because they will take after their parents.
Ati ni ka 14 pin fye?
It’s thinking like that which encourages misuse of funds and will not take us anywhere.
Everyone wants to take ‘kanono fye’ of the public funds. Accountability must and should apply to any amount of public funds and resources. This taking ‘kanono fye’ MUST STOP and STOP NOW!!!
You are right #9 Kachasu
The person saying nika 14 pin fye is in the UK and should know that even £14,000 is a lot of money,it equates to an annual salary for some people and they probably get less than that due to illness & absence and don’t forget,most Zed chaps in the UK are students and probably the chap saying nika 14 pin fye is also a student so is restricted to working 20 hours per week and earns less than £10,000 per year ie if they still have a valid visa to have authorisation to work,it’s tight these days,i know alot of chaps who the law has caught up with and they can’t work more than they should so money is tight!
who’s that now?we are still looking at kapoko and his fellow thieves and another comes up!!we are gonna be killing al thieves now!sharia law