Chipata Council Slashes people’s maize fields

1. Why destroy food when people are starving?

2. council

3. Nine chaleboyi nikuziba moiteyala bolla manje

4. They want to prove that they are working. Lousy council

5. we are busy crying of hunger whilst some people are busy spoiling the food,where these council officers drunk,mbanje ba council.

6. I thought planting things helped stopped soil erosion. Is this one of those things I got wrong in school? :-w :-w :-w

7. please for Gods sake how do you name a village ati nabvutika,that name only invites problems

8. what a H*** is going on

9. lets stop them b4 they slash our heads in the name of hard working

10. Efforts to get comments from both the District Commissioner, Nicholas Banda and Chipata Municipal Council Town Clerk, Noel Muchimba by press time proved futile, as they were both reportedly busy attending to other important national issues.

    This is a serious lack of concern and consideration on the poor people who may have had to borrow money to buy fertiliser seeing that the FSP that is supposed to assist the needy has been abused.

    Surely, will Chipata be calling for food aid next year?

11. useless council,i think they were on canabis and drunk kacasu

12. fake afriqueen wach out ~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(~X(

13. But Eastern kwaliba fwaka Zo-ona.anyway let me drink some water,I will comment later.

14. ba council, don’t be so daft

15. ba LT #12 has started please ban the chap,to serve as a lesson for me otherwise,you are not serious

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17. Lt Y are u Deleting my comments

18. Efforts to get comments from both the District Commissioner, Nicholas Banda and Chipata Municipal Council Town Clerk, Noel Muchimba by press time proved futile, as they were both reportedly busy attending to “other important national issues.”

    Can these two useless officials tell the nation what “other important national issues.” they were attending letting their heartless surbordinates slash down food crops at this critical moment.And the reason put forward by the council does not hold water coz the agric i learnt in Juniour sec suggested the opposite.

19. #7. Please ask them.

20. ITS TOO SAD THEY SHOULD HAVE LET THEM HARVEST

21. This matter could have been handled much better. Exertion of power without compassion is bordering on harrassment and dictatorial tendencies. Exertion of power with compassion is fair justice.

    This should have been done immediately the fields were planted so that the farmers could have used alternative fields. To wait until the maize has grown and then slash it, especially now when we are faced with a serious food security situation beggers belief!!!

    So who will feed these mainly subsistence farmers? the coucil????

    Let some common sense prevail please!!!!!

22. Bloggers

    I beg to differ with you. Cultivating in those hills has created environmental harzards and the residents have been warned year in year out, not to cultivate in the hills. This is not the first time that the council has done this. Too bad its maize, but laws are laws. Lets not lose sight of that. Sibamvela banthu baku Nabvutika. I know them well. The council, in my opinion, is doing what it is supposed to be doing. I can even guarantee you that some of those slashing were actually slashing their own fields!!

23. #17 banned ahaa :d

24. Good work by the council. If they are farmers, why not go deep into the rural areas instead of planting maize at the round about or planting rice on islands by the traffic lights. desperate housewives!!

25. Who are they pleasing?

26. # 23 wooo ..wakutisa ka?? i understand its lunch time :-\”:-\”

27. its really sad situation,the council should compesate them

28. iwe ka kawalala am the real afriqueen get back to your comments ala sha!!!

29. Ba Moze

    Mudala wanga olo nisupport your local team iyi iliko bad.Pure fwaka,One thing these councils should know is.its not that these poor subsitance farmer want to take advantage of the fetile soil on the hills and ant hills that’s where tu kanjilimine (maize)grow well no need of fertilizer.Ba Moze what do you mean ati enviromental fimo fimo.

30. remove not between its and that

31. too bad

32. please avoid impersonatin me am the real afriqueen,not the fake one with zambian flag

33. Abena Chipata you spare rats but instead destroy food. Its better you stop people from preparing those fields. Who is going to pay back the fertilizer loans they got. Thinks guys you should have given them a final year.

34. am 9months pregnant,would you come to bed with me?

35. Was in chipata last week and when I saw those maize fields, the first thought that came to my mind was “Why is the council letting people cultivate on the hill side”.

    It is a recipe for disaster!

36. #28 sorry bululu naona kaflag ka impersonators,ni kachalo bwanji kamene aka,

37. Ba Moze, you have good comments there, but I also beg to differ. terraced farming is an established hill side farming technique. If the givernment was serious about this, they could have instituted a sensitisation and training regime to deliver terrace farming techniques. There are communities in the world that thrive on terrace farming, with all the due precautions to prevent erosion, to supply national needs.

    Where as I agree that we should be mindful that unstructured hillside farming is harmful, I am of the view that it is the Govt’s / councils responsibility to train people on sustainable hillside farming techniques or find them alternative land. Slashing of maize is not a ……..

38. ….solution. Certainly not when the maize belongs to people for whom it respresents their entire years grain requirements in many cases.

39. Honestly these council dudes were not there when the pipo were hearding for field work?Why not producing ma tear gas poyamba kulima instead you wait for poor pipo to apply to feteleza thats when you slash.NAVUTIKA mwe?

40. #33 Ponyax and #39 Nalisa L. David-china,….I totally agree.

41. Sikukhala uko yai. Kuli njala, na fertiliser nayo yadula.
    A rupiah lekani banthu alime! 🙁

42. Doest this MMD dominated council know that there is hunger in most parts of the council?

43. Ka Afriqueen, its funny how crazy you’ve been acting since the time i ditched you. Come on, its not the end of the world, you will find someone else. Do you need the whole LT family to sympathize with you? No am starving, am 9 months pregnant, please. everyone knows I ditched you coz you couldn’t conceive.

44. Why didn`t they wait until after harvest?

    Setting priorites right! Nice one council staff! Genius!

45. Zig Zag Chimfwembe

    Yes, quite true, but in the absence of sensitisation, soil erosion is slowly destroying the hills which by the way give that sweet wonderful town (Chipata) that beautiful look and sweet smelling fressh air. Note that erosion waits not for sensitisation.

    Matworld

    The environmental harzard am talking about here baba, is SOIL EROSION!

46. Ba Moze

    Soil erosion was going to be reduced by the very maize,manje like that the soil will eroded like no man’s bussiness.

47. # 24 Prof. Mutengo Waminga is correct, looks like in Zed we have thrown caution to the wind all in the name of being vulnerable, starvation etc etc. It’s the same story with Street Vendors who are busy breaking the law and when the law takes its course people will cry foul. Imagine you catch a thief in your house and he pleads with you that he is vulnerable or unemployed are you going to let him go scott free. What these so called Farmers should have done is get to the DC and plead with him to find them land ideal for farming. In the olden days, the Council used to slash maize in residential areas as this is not in conformity with the Council regulations.

48. LT u are 8-x8-x8-x

49. Matworld

    You dont know those hills. They have trees and thick vegetation. They are a marvel to behold with your eyes! They are as beautiful as Zoe and Baby C, Sarah Jones and Evelyn King…Oh, back to the topic……What am saying is, it is these same unsensitised farmers creating the problem. the hill have been there for years!

50. 😕 mmhhh I wonder… this is want happens when a nation does not make education a priority. Residents do not know they are entitled to land for their farming, dont know implications of farming on the hill, & the council reps are not educated enough to teach the people, not educated enough to know just how important every SINGLE grain is THIS particular season … 😕

51. They are mad.

52. Why was the concil turning a blind eye when the farmers were stll cultivating the land? Now thats total loss.

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54. The consequencies of not obeying laws can be disasterous. Lets not do things that are wrong just to get a vote tommorow. LPM went to Chipata a year and a half ago and abolished Bicycle levies. That was obviously a political move. whats happening in chipata today is that there is total chaos on the roads. Never in your life time will you see so many accidents involving bicycles anywhere else than in Chipata. Some of these have actually turned out to be fatal! The council tried to ensure that bicycles were certified fit before they could go on the road. But now….Chaos.
    Thats exactly what is happening to those hills. People are disobidient of the law. Simple!

55. Ba Moze
    Imwe ni zee.Paliba Data. :)>-:)>-

56. Law and order is vital, as much as we need development lets not have it at the expense of the future generation. If you want to go into farming, the GRZ will not stop anyone. Why should Rwandese, Zimbabweans and other national settle in farming areas whilst Zambians are busy trying to plant maize in residential areas.[-x

57. #52 if you are fake then u look like this :@):@):@) and 8-x8-x8-x

58. When I was young, mum always told me to put food in the fridge. Sometimes because of being playful I would forget and instead put the food on the sink. When mum found out, she would just discipline me and tell me to put the food back in the fridge rather than destroy (slash) it.Maybe mum should be Mayor of the Chipata council because she was a lot of wiser than the whole Chipata council even for her humble education. what do you think.

59. The alpha male

    Iam also shocked though my big man Ba Moze bena is comfortale with it.

60. Princes vayola

    Remove :@):@) munani uyo.

61. Princes Viola

    No am not mama. That Impersonator will pay. Am the real one see :o):o):o)

62. And… to the council can you stop being reactive and get to organise yourselves. You should be proactive.

    In Zambia we are very good at sorting out effects as compared to causes. Just in Lusaka or let me say Zambia there is total confusion. The town planners are saying one thing whilst the politician is busy saying the other without focus. Why can’t we plan something with 30 years into consideration, or better still 50 years to come.

63. :-?:o confusing

64. Ba Moze I do agree with you on point No. 54

65. Baby C.

    I know you mama. :o):o).okay so i was right kaa!!G Baby was looking for you.

66. Blackman’s Child

    Mudala, i have always felt that some of the things we complain about both as citizens and as a nation, are of our own making. As you rightly put it, the politicians and the councils are pulling in different directions. What do you expect. For example, we are told not to plant maize in our backyards to curb malaria. But because the politician wants a vote, he reassures residents that he will fight for their right to grow maize as long as they vote for him! By the end of the day, half the voters have died from malaria, and the council goes ahead to slash the maize. End result: the electorate have no food and the politician is driving a posh car and getting paid at NCC!!

67. Matworld

    100% right!You know i had to appeal to LT’s Webmaster to have my precious name back! He was upset with the impersonator and said anyone found wanting will be dealt with dearly.

68. I don’t like dictatorial attitudes in our people. The people could have been warned or told before. Why not put sign on the land that farmning is not allowed. Who is the MP of that area who should be accountable to his people or forced to resign. Or may be he is based in Lusaka and he does not even know the place itself. I want to see MP who are supposed to be peoples’ defenders being challenged. Rupiah Banda was recently admiring his farmer! Poor people’s maize destroyed! Any of you guys who knows the MP? There should be a way of contacting these people and challenge them. The people should also be told what the council is about to do. Why go under the cover of the night to do such acts?

69. Peer opression! One day poor people a go rise up and take their share. Jah know.

70. Slashing of maize in peoples backyards is no solutin to that soil erosion problem.. people need food to look after their large families.. Do not be embarrassed when there are so many malnourished kids in Zambia. You are encouraging Zedians to be lazy…

71. #70

    No sooner had you started contributing, than you missed the point!! [-x

    You are best advised to read other bloggers’ comments. You rushed into making one!

    Bloggers, good night and stay blessed!

    :-h:)>-

72. This’s the most uncalled for move of the month,honestry whatever the council wants to achieve only God knows.if there was a way,i wud have arranged for those council officials to take a trip to eastern china and see how montain slopes are filled with crop fields as well as forestry fimofimo(sorry i never did agric)is it timber(planted trees).plz LT help us by following up this issue so we know the reasons otherwise soil erosion reason doesn’t hold H2O.some of these news that go into public domain leaves much to be desired,surely this is shame reflecting actions that are done without planning.

73. please impersonators this is not grade one ahh go and sale ice blocks or freezits pa kantemba if you have nothing to do…at least its income generation :-?[-([-(

74. :-h Ok Ba Moze

75. WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????:o????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

76. frm 72,besides the whole of chipata landscape is hilly anyway,so where’s the logic in destroying pipo’s crop?whoever sanctioned that move shud be a victim of personal vendeta(ka vuta ka spelling ka vendeta),indeed,just trying to settle some scores(even this spelling not sure)with some pipo who planted maize in that area.ma labishi bati!

77. #71 Thanks for your advice, did not read the whole story well’;

    Your correction much appreciated

78. 45#Ba Moze, I agree that soild erosion waits for no one, but in the same vein, it is not too late to embark on a training regime for making our peasant farmers skilled in the techniques of terraced farming. These techniques served the Mayan people and the Aztecs for millenia. Slashing is a short term fix…. how many times are they going to slash.

    Teach the people to farm responsibly and everyone will benefit.

79. THESE GUYS ARE DEVILS,THEY SAW PEOPLE CULTIVATING AND DID NOTHING BUT DECIDE TO INTERVAIN NOW..SHAME ON THE COUNCIL.THE COUNCIL SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT PREVENTION IS BETTER THE CURE,ALSO THESE SAME RESIDENTS SHOULD HEED TO ADVISE.MAYBE THE COUNCIL WARNED THEM,GOD KNOWS.

80. Chita taata Eastern pipo shud learn fr NOW. It is not always that yo homate can save yu.You wud have tried HH in zat province zan pipo who re ignorant of origin of food,RB ve gone else where so imwe mwadhya mauzu namyala sure. Anyway pray zat south produce more coz is the only caring and kind taata mbubo. 8-x**==

81. No 22 etc, Ba Moze: Your comments are valid. However, I am still left wondering why prisoners who were so effectively deployed in this sad case cannot be deployed when councils need to clean rubbish. Instead, we leave to rot and cause all manner of diseases in the compounds.

    Yes, the law should be enforced rigorously but given the economic hardships that people are currently facing, perhaps the council should consider how these active and hardworking people can be usefully employed so that they do not embark on this activity next year. The current action helps no one and will cause much pain. unless they can be given an alternative route for supporting their families.

82. ok,so the villagers made a mistake but the best thing to do would have been to let the maize grow for this year with measures taken to make sure there’s no growing on hills next year.devoid judgement by whoever initiated the move.now we’ll have a considerable number of starving chewas soon enough! b-)b-)b-)

83. why do u censor some of ou comments be real LT i was just expressing my grievance

84. When teachers,nurses etc strikes gvt blames zem 4 zat action. Now if councils thinks my maize is less impo I will strike even if zey use bakaili Ill manage.it is bad sure,lean hw 2 protect pipo you vi loco gvt.Teta is following rb zan his job. may be its part of his job discription 8-x**==

85. Good morning all. :)>-

86. High food prices, people are being urged to plant more food for their survival next year.Why retrogress people who are working hard for their living?Will they manage to feed all these people when they go asking for food from them after the farming season? Shame on the council.

87. Yes that is good, it is your presdo instructions to slash the maize cause you are the one in eastern province who voted for nyamasoya so why crying ? You voted for slashing maize and that you know!!!, Thanks for that so that you learn, next time vote for him. :d/:)>-

88. It only sensible for the council to warn the residents not to cultivate on the slopes next year.

    Our country is struggling this year with food and next year the problem will persist with this type of mentality.

    Ba Teta what is going on with your councils?

89. I think that a Good instruction Those people now should go to RB for their Maize since the were the ones who voted for RB :((:-@

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