Lulimala MMD ward councillor in Serenje district, Paul Ndaibamba, has complained of the alleged bad behaviour by the Zambia Wild Life Authorities (ZAWA) officers at Mukuku bridge who are allegedly levying fishermen for using the area to board vehicles.
Speaking to ZANIS today, Mr. Ndaibamba wandered why ZAWA officers could be collecting levy instead of leaving the job to the council.
He said for some time now fishermen boarding vehicles from the area to either the Copperbelt Province or Lusaka to sell their fish, had been asked to pay money between K2,000 and K5,000 depending on how many bundles of fish one had.
Mr. Ndaibamba complained that it was unfair for wild life officers to ask people to pay to them because this meant the fishermen were paying double levy to the council.
“To make matters worse, they are not issuing any receipts to the fishermen,” he said.
He called on the authorities to intervene and play a fair role instead of taking advantage and punishing poor people who were trying hard to make ends meet.
Efforts to get a comment from ZAWA officials failed.
Meanwhile Mr. Ndaibamba has said elephants were destroying crops at Kachelenga in his ward.
The councillor said the animals had destroyed several cassava fields, and despite reports reaching ZAWA officers at Mpelembe to control the animals, nothing has been done.
Mr. Ndaibamba said people in the area depend on casava and if the elephants destroyed the crop, they would remain with nothing to feed on, especially that most of it was destroyed by heavy rains last season.
Lulimala is one of the areas in chief Chitambo’s area in Serenje district of the Central Provnce where floods destroyed crops in many fields including ground nuts and maize.
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Isn`t this corruption? Mutisebanya pleeezeee ah!
Corruption does not get any better than this.
Baleshilwa zoonaaaaaaaaaaa
That was a wrong way of getting supplementary funding
Why has Zawa refused to comment? Shame them until they speak, infact contact ZAWA’s supperiors and demand from them why they are not regulating ZAWA to give answers.
And publish every refusal from level to level giving names as well.
Its too much of these Public Servants, they are not just politicians but Public Servants who feel they are not accountable to us the Public they are supposed to be Serving as Public Servants.
Understaning my freinds, lets go back to the job description that defines a Public/ Civil Servant and remind them of who they are supposed to really be incase as they have forgotten.
Be mindful of the people you elect into office.