Nchelenge district Planner under the district medical office has disclosed that the district was currently running health centers without toilet facilities.
District Planner at the District medical Office Gift Kajongola disclosed this when newly appointed Luapula Province permanent secretary Anna Mwitwa held a meeting with district heads of Government departments in the district commissioner’s office.
He said health centers in the district were running without toilet facilities because of lack of funds for infrastructure development.
He said the few toilets that were being used were 80 per cent full and the district was finding it a problem to attend to the problem because there was no provision in the current funding ratios for
infrastructure development.
He said in the past there was a provision of 10 per cent meant for infrastructure repairs and corresponding works but the component was removed which has created a huge problem for the health sector as many patients were being inconvenienced when they came to the medical facilities.
And Nchelenge Acting District Commissioner Elvis Nsamba confirmed the seriousness of the problem in the district and cited Kashikishi Clinic which was servicing a big population size but had no toilet facility for the patients.
And newly appointed Luapula Province Permanent secretary Anna Mwitwa said it was important for the problem of toilets in the district health facilities to receive the attention it deserved because provision of health should be holistic.
ZANIS
Is it just in Nchelenge or every district? Pathetic conditions no wonder diseases are not reducing.
PLEASE WE NEED HELP BEFORE THE BREAKOUT OF DISEASES
Clear example of how our resident Zambian building personnel are wanting or failing  in making our country a better place for all.
Scot is busy donating cash for toilets on in the areas where elections are about to be held-what a govt of problematic fools.
The officer is saying the provision was there in the budget in the past meaning when pf came into power removed it and opt to be paying commissions of not inquiring at the expense of genuine national needs. A govt with out a vision =shame
That’s why M’membe and his girlfriend Nchito need to pay back the 14 Billion kwacha so that the money can be channeled into much needed developmental projects like toilets in PF strong hold of Nchelenge .So what did the people vote for?Cholera and Dysentery?Malabishiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
Yah sure its embarrasing nkhani zavimbuzi we need donors hahahahaha
INVITE ME ..AM RUNNING MY OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DOWN MZANSI
Imwe, ifwe nifwe ba tubulu, tunyela pa nyika, we dont really need the “western” toilets. Tunyela pa Mweru namu Mofwe.
Close the clinics then, if these were private entities the officers would have used the public health act to close the centres.