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Hunger looming in Mapatizya constituency, MP

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Mapatiazya Member of Parliament Ackson Sejani says hunger is looming in his Constituency in Kalomo in southern province and people are reported to be starving in the area.

Mr. Sejani who confirmed development to ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today
attributed the hunger situation in his area to drought experienced during the last
farminig season.

Mr. Sejani said the entire Kalomo East and most parts of Matapatizya are badly
affected.

He said the area did not experience adequate rainfall to sustain the crops and that
Matapatizya has been expereincing drought for a long time now.

He urged government to urgently intervene in the matter by sending relief food to
the area before people starve to death.

“Yes, I can confirm that there is hunger in my area. People are starving even the
little yield they harvested is finished. We have been experiencing drought for a
very long time now,” he said..

He observed that over a long period of time, Matapatizya  and other parts of the
country have been hit with drought.

And Mr. Sejani has called on government to conmstruct dams in his area to avert the
drought sitaution being expereinced in Matapatizya.

He stressed that  peasant farmers in his area could be introduced to irrigation
farming in order to cushion the impact of the prolonged drought.

Mr. Sejani also suggested that the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit in the
office of the Vice President should change its name to that of Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation Unit in order for the nation to effectively handle catastrophes.

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