Government hailed for constructing Health center in Shacele, Mwembeshi Constituency

The Shacele community in Mwembeshi Constituency have hailed President Rupiah Banda’s Administration for successfully constructing a multi million kwacha health center in the area.

And Area Member of Parliament Edward Kasoko has advised the Shacele community to jealously guard the new institution as it

Saying the institute has come at an opportune time when they needed health services just a stone throw away.

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS on behalf of the community in Shacele today, Nick Monge, said the community in Shacele is so grateful to the government of President Banda for setting aside funds that have utilized to construct the long awaited health center in the area.

Mr. Monge noted that the new health center when fully operational ease the various challenges the community has been experiencing in accessing various health services.

The community has not had any health center in almost three decades, making it to travel kilometers on end either by foot, bicycles and other modes of transportation to the Mwembeshi Sub- boma for the health services.

The most affected were pregnant women and the terminally ill who have over time been forced to give birth and treatment at home. The new health center which has already opened its doors to the public, will be officially opened soon by government.

What is remaining is for the power company Zesco Limited, which has already been paid the connection fee, to connect electricity to the institution. Once this is done the area will have a multiplier effect on other areas such as Chabota ward 5.

And Mr. Kasoko said while he was grateful to government for construction of the health center in the area, it was important that the residents in the area should jealously guard the property.

He said that the community and the surrounding areas will stand to benefit from the various services that will be offered such as the under-five anti-natal clinic, Voluntary Counseling and testing (VCT ), among others.

“ I want to urge the people of Shacele and the surrounding community to jealously guard the health center as it is their own property they themselves will be using it,” he said.

The area MP has also hailed government for funding the rehabilitation of the Mukulaikwa Agriculture Training Center worth millions of Kwacha.

Mr Kasoko told ZANIS with the rehabilitation work nearing completion, it will provide various opportunities for the farming community in the area to learn better farming skills.

He also thanked government for its deliberate programme of restocking farms with cattle saying government has to this effect also included the establishment of drugstores for domestic animals to contain cases of Foot and Mouth Diseases (FMD) commonly known as Denkete.

ZANIS