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Chibombo accident victims to be buried in mass grave

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Toyota Hiace Minibus Reg. No. ACP 3052
Toyota Hiace Minibus Reg. No. ACP 3052

Government has decided to bury the 17 Chibombo road traffic accident victims in a Mass grave in Kabwe where all the deceased came from.

Briefing the press in Kabwe today, Central province Permanent Secretary Annie Sinyangwe said government in the province will take over the burden responsibility of burying the accident victims from their families.

Mrs Sinyangwe said the government authorities at the province have visited all the homes and identified the deceased who happened to have been all Kabwe residents and traders of the market, adding that the day they met their fate they were all going to Lusaka to order
merchandise for sale.

She said the burials which will take place on Saturday 4th May will be conducted by the government at the old St. Mary’s cemetery in Kabwe, after the church service to be conducted by the Zambia Army Chaplains and the Church mother bodies at Railways grounds where all mourners will assemble.

She said some families have requested to bury their deceased relatives elsewhere and that government will not restrain them from doing so, adding that the Municipal council has already issued the burial permits to all the families.

The Permanent Secretary welcomes everyone who wants to attend the burial to Kabwe and that for further details, they could contact Kabwe District Commissioner, Mr Patrick Chishala.

Earlier Kabwe District Commissioner who was accompanied by His worship the Mayor, Moses Mwansa, two Members of Parliament, Honorables Sydney Mushanga and James Kapyanga and the Councillors gathered in a meeting with the deceased families to discuss the funeral arrangements.

And Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit Regional Coordinator Ingribet Bondo said his office has given to each deceased family five 50 kilograms bags of mealie-meal, 10 litres of cooking oil, a 50 kg bag of Kapenta and 50 kg bag of beans to help out at the funeral.

On Tuesday 30th April, 17 people died in the traffic road accident which involved a Kabwe- Lusaka bound Mini bus in Chibombo district in Central province.

ZANIS

14 COMMENTS

  1. May God comfort the bereaved families and may he continue to provide for those who have lost bread winners in the families.

  2. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes…we escort our dear ones…and life pa zed continues with more accidents on the road, no one cares anymore, no urgent step by govt to address the problem. All we get to hear are speaches pa manda how govt Is mourning with the bereaved. (SOBBING!!!!! )when is this drama ever going to end….

    • Lusaka Times never learn, they made the same mistake, with the other Chibombo accident by mistakenly announcing a mass grave instead of a mass burial.

  3. Please i beg mr president please i beg you in the name of our jesus our savior something have to be down its too much we have lost a lot of pipo in road accident please inforce the law of traffic..lets forgat about the RB, the HH AND THE WINTERS ITS TIME TO ACT.

  4. Is it mass grave or mass burial mwe bantu? We need to pay attention to detail; the two are very different.

  5. PLEASE employ serious proof readers and sub editors. You can not have a story with wrong grama and English. The minibus victims can never be buried in a mass grave as if they have died after a contegeous disease. for Christ’s sake its MASS FUNERAL with individual graves. MASS GRAVE means putting all the bodies in one grave.

  6. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of the Lord rest in peace!

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