Lusaka City Council has received a grant of about K1.6 billion from the Central Government for the fabrication of street-electric poles in the City.
Council Public Relations Officer, Henry Kapata said government released the funds to the local authority as seed capital for the commencement of the project.
Mr. Kapata told ZANIS in a telephone interview that the development is in line with the Council’s vision of giving a face-lift and lighting the City in readiness for South Africa’s 2010 World Cup.
He added that this is one of the interventions by the council’s ambitious programme of reclaiming the city’s former status as the garden city and in readiness for 2011 all Africa Games which Zambia would host.
He commended government for the funds saying the development would enable the council to implement its plans of extending shopping hours in the city.
Mr. Kapata since called on business communities especially those in the advertising business to come on board and partner with the council on how best to sustain and maintain this venture.
He said the council was losing huge sum of money in either repairing, replacing of streetlights, traffic lights and road signs that are normally knocked down by motorists or vandalized by the members of the public.
Mr. Kapata warned that if the trend is left unchecked would frustrate government’s efforts of developing the country and that of the council.
And Mr. Kapata says the council is currently working closely with Barclays Bank that has adopted and pledged to start the maintenance of Kafue roundabout, which has become an eyesore.
He said the council and the bank are now addressing the logistical and administrative issues
And in Kitwe, Government has released over K840 million for the construction of Five Community Schools.
Kitwe District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Sackis Mwansa told ZANIS in an Interview in Kitwe today that construction works for the five schools have already started.
He said government expected the schools to be ready by the end of December this year.
The five schools to be constructed were Miombo near the Zambia National Service Camp, Chibansa in Ndeke, Kapoto in Kawama, Riverside in Riverside and Twafwani in Malembeka.
Mr. Mwansa said the construction of the schools was aimed at alleviating poverty at community level through enhancing the delivery of quality education in communities were education infrastructure did not exist.
Mr. Mwansa called on members of the community in the five areas to contribute towards the construction of these Schools to enable them develop a sense of ownership towards the projects.
He said the Community could mould bricks and draw water at the project site as a sign of goodwill and commitment to the project.
The DEBS also called on the business houses located in the areas where these schools would be constructed to contribute towards the development of these facilities as part of their social responsibility.
ZANIS/JT/CMM/NMK/ENDS.
I hope this will continue and it is not a campaign tactic. Don’t blame you with the way Sata has attacked RB who can blame RB for his moves.
Opposition please continue. We will benefit through your attacks on personality and successes.
While you are maliciously in personality rhetoric overdrive, Rupiah Banda cognizant of time at hand to canvas the whole country unveils economic masterplan…, and since made himself more available on issues with Zambians hour after hour, day after day and event after event through ground and air campaign wars.As a seasoned Diplomat, he knows that personality rhetoric has no dividends in the ballot.
Such is the enormity and versatility of the master plan that the incoming CEO or President has unveiled for the country!
Hear him and about him on every news hour prime time.
So?
Mr Pragmatist at #2, blindly praising RB is very misleading. The reality is, as Observer ## @1 stated a publicity stunt in view of the elections, aimed at showing productivity which wasn’t there before anyone expected elections. If RB bounces back, I assure the projects will come to a halt.
#2 Pragmatist-whatever, RB is just a heep of sh@t.
RB has no character to be a president, why did he marry a girl of the age of his grand child. He must be sick be to such a thing. Can he explain the reason for doing so or are heading for a president with multiple girls, it seem he cant see a beautiful skirt, viva sata
What we need is decentralization.If citizens could be part and parcel of the projects we would have better cities too.The govt should only help.Churches,citizen and companies should adopt things like streets,schools clinics etc…
# 7.What makes RB different frm Sata?The ans.is nothing makes em different.They r all crocodiles.RB is a polygamist so is Sata.RB married a 28 yr old girl,Sata has multiple very very young girlfriends.Above all,they r all recycled politician who r tired.
The first project should be to teach ba kaponya not to vandalize street lights.Otherwise all the funds will soon go down the drain. Makes sense?
But you guys, you are taking RB from street electrification to Bedroom? I think the 28 year-old you are talking about is from Mumbwa, a city girl can not be undressed by that scary Grandpa. From any angle Sata is better of…
No 10. Then maybe you need to tell the chief kaponya (Sata) to ask his colleagues not to vandalise the street lights. But ofcourse, because they have been put up by MMD, he will actually encourage them to vandalise.
Mr incoming president, could you please pick a female vice for (an un-recycled-politician) change and lets have fresh politics in the country?
What do our women say on this? We need a female vice president for a change.
what a political stunt by govt, why all the sudden releasing the funds for all sorts of projects? we didnt see all this before the election campaign.
anyway we will see if any the projects will be carried out, otherwise its all talk and no action.
Check out the post for Sunday, I am mauless, RB seems that the only time he opens his mouth is to change the feet!! We are in trouble, openly distributing mealie meal and sugar.
hh
HH for President and Maureen Mwanawasa for Vice President.
HH waboola – ‘Real ray of change and hope, Zambia can believe in.’
Zedees lets not be cheated again.The economy trickles to the common man during election! Now is the time to boot MMD out of power.No Nooooo! RB.
When is UNZA going to be re-OPENED?
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NO -7 please that grand child issue is becoming boring. The girl is above 21 so she knows what she wants and she is able to decide what she wnts in her life. Bravo mr RB…… AT YOUR AGE YOU STILL HAVE THE QUALITIES TO ATTRACT A YOUNG FRESH GIRL.
As long as they are both happy well and good… as for those who are not happy please find some happiness in your lives then you will stop concentrating on other people`s private lives.
NO -14…. That is a great idea i think that will really make a change having a man and a womans ideas on matters.
why has been MMD in the last 17 years..now they see problems at Lcc..it is too late for such projects ba MMD,,,You are buying votes on broad day light again
Vote HH
These are campaign tricks..RB is a pure UNIP,he even starts distributing sugar and mealie meal in katete..old age politics indeed..hope no 1 gets fooled by such..
Publicity stunt by MMD, RB now distributing sugar to women, see Sunday Post, Gov to announce reduction in fuel price. I really hope that we as Zambians will vote these guys out. They have taken us for granted. Viva HH
You guys,
Let is not misplace people; SATA does very well as opposition leader and that is where he belongs.
You want to make a fisherman a pilot and a pilot a fisherman; it cant work.
Let SATA continue as opposition. Its is just that we dont vote 4 someone to become opposition leader, otherwise I would have voted 4 SATA to have a permanent seat as opposition leader.
Anyway since they continue to be opposition leaders by loosing, I will still contribute by not voting 4 him. So those who voted 4 him in 2006 wasted votes. Those of us who did not vote 4 him helped him to get his current position.
Then they should also give the starving 400 Zambian students in Russia.
#27 Zambian embassy from Moscow…..It makes very sad reading that our fellow nationals are suffering…especially in a foreign land..I was actually shocked to heare the news and i dont think many Zambians are aware of What is happening to its students in Russia…its very irresponsible for govt to subject its nationals to such inhumane treatment…My adivice to is write about your issue to the editor of THE POST NEWSPAPER.Im pretty sure your concern will be published..iM sure its just a few selfish individuals who are not bothered about you but filling up their pockets… To all Zambians, vote wisely!!!
How about our Zambians studying in China. Does anyone know their situation in terms of their BC allowances?
When is GRZ going to re-OPEN UNZA?
Ka Lupiya Banda, nikapuma maningi. This ka Mbuya, does not seem to have sense. I am sure those who were backing him are now ashamed of him.
Do we have an embassy in Russia. Big up RB. You are kindly helping Sata out of his Councils.
Can Sata rule zed?
No. 18 is HH even standing in these elections? You never read about him anywhere, UPND hasn’t even got a website. He probably is fed up and has realised that his money can finish especially with the kind of supporters he’s got(they can’t donate money to fight for their man). He has failed to grow UPND and i think he should have just remained as a sponsor. He can make a good finance minister, not president, he’s got no charisma. He’s a good guy don’t get me wrong, but hasn’t got a clue on how to mobilise people, perhaps you should be his campaign manager. I think there are serious problems in UPND, they are so quite.
What type of President do we need. In short a Presidentshould show examples of being trust worth,does not easily show signs of voilence,must be able to understand modern globalisation set and this affects economies of weaker nations. He must have a stable family life.
He must be able to balance the income generation and investment of the economy, and the expenditure side where schools, clinics,roads,etc are sustainably run from the adequate mobilised resources. If u just spend and u are not growing the investment in productive sector, u can not support schools,clinics, sustain roads,etc. This in short u remain poor as a country.Levy tried to manage the two, magande was there…. Now whois
Magande tried. He understands that u can only spend what u have as a nation. If a president comes to u to say he is going to build 10 schools, 50 clinics, u must ask are these extra cost centres going to be met by equal growth in the economy without our currency going bad like Zimbabwe? what u need to know is for citizens lives to be better the government must first creat employment as a quick wins. by expanding productive sectors of te economy eg mining,tourism,agriculture, then provide these with a conducive environment to conduct business. Good laws, infrastructure,energy,etc. This will now give the economy finances to sustain the social sector such as free education, more housing,clinics
No 33 which serious problems are you talking about? The problem with the media is that they have taken a biased position towards other political parties and that is not healthy in any democratic society. That is a problem of poverty in Africa where people can even afford to lose their dignity for few kwachas or bribes from these recycled politicians around to cover them nearly every day.
#33. HH knows that the media will not help him win the election – just search on his complaints about the POST. To this end. HH and UPND has gone to the grassroots to get people know what they have to offer. This is why Hon. Sata, upon realising thaHH had done his home-work, wants a PACT with the UPND.
Watch tha space and tsop showing your ignorance on what is happening on the ground in ZAmbia.
Visit: ww w.hakainde.c om for more on HH and the UPND – whom you think is doing nothing politically.
# 12, I am glad you know who the Kaponyas are. Do me a favour, since you seem to know Sata better than i do, why don’t you go aheard and talk to him. I appreciate your contribution.
These guys, MICHEAL SATANI and DALAMA BANDA are all the same.I think for a change, i will go for HH, period.
1. Recycled and very old politians
2. Very old and need retire
3. Old UNIPIST members
4. They are all liers
5. They are both womaniser
6. They are tribalists
If RB or sadly Sata becomes President of Zambia, when am I going to have a chance to be President of Zambia? When am I going to get a job ,since OLD men who are supposed to be my advisers and competing with me a jobs?
HH for President: Real ray of change and hope, Zambians can believe in.
UNZA for HH and CBU for HH, hence Zambia for HH as President to solve all pertinent issues of of the UNZA and Zambian economy.
HH waboola!
They should also do the drainage system pronto. The rains are comming. we don’t want unnecessary flooding.
Mwanawasa/Sata-(Before I die).
When it dawns on people that they are about to die and to join the spirit world they devolt their remaining days to attaining positive achievements.
After Levy Patrick Mwanawasa survived a road accident while serving as VP under FTJ, it dawned on him that he had a few years left on earth, hence he convinced, encouraged and motivated himself to expedite working on positive things so that he should leave a positive legacy and be rendered hero after his passing on. The rest is history.
It has dawned on Sata that before he passes on he must expedite working on positive things. He has told himself “everyone deserves a second chance, hence Michael go further”
please someone come to the rescue of Ndola.
the roads(forget the street lights) are like the place is in the centre of a war zone.
We dare the Politicians to come to the industrial area and see for them selves the pathetic and embarresing stateof roads..
this should be used as an example of how not to run a city council.
sad and patheitic that after 44 years of independence we are reduced to this…the roads that the colonialists left are just memories..
MUKA VOTELA HH MWEKA
Sometime , I think we should be bring back the setttlers. We are doing exactly what our friends have done in Haiti – nothing for 300 years of independence
What they were able to do in the 1940-60 we cannot do in 2000. Look at our residential areas. An area like Wusakile in Kitwe (1945) had better roads than Chalala in Lusaka ( 1996)
LT where is my posting its not fare!!! you have started favouring some politic parties here!
God knows when Lusaka City would get the face-lift, if it wasn’t for the 2010 World Cup!! Anyway, it’s chewing time again!! LCC stands for Lusaka Chewing Committee!!