Kawambwa district council has banned growing of maize in residentail areas.
The ban is contained in a public notice issued by council secretary Hamwende Mpande.
Mr Mphande says growing of maize and other related crops in residential areas is against the public health regulations and residents are warned to comply or have their maize slashed.
The council secretary says the practice also frustrates the ‘Keep Zambia Clean and Health Campaign’.
Mr. Mphande says all residents should take the directive seriously as the local authority will slash the crops.
But some residents says the warning from the council has come late as they have already planted crops such as maize.
A resident Joseph Chali told ZANIS in Kawambwa that the local authority should have warned residents in September before they prepared the land for cultivation.
This is nosense and typical UNIP mentality and a real sign of using tired politician who can think properly.Maize is not a cause of Malaria and whether you slash the crops or not malaria is still with us BUT finding methods of eliminating the vector as was the case for tse-tse flies.Hamwende must be an ***** to think that backyard gardens are pose danger to health and if anything they are aesthetic to the environment and what Hamwende must do is put dustbins in residential areas.
but why warn the pipo now? when does the farming season start? lets be real.
Has the myopic and ignorant council secretary offered compensation or alternative sites for the enterprising residents to till next year?