The subsidy sensitization meeting in Mwansakombe turned into a verbal attack on area MP by villagers. The team was in the area on a subsidy sensitization program for rural communities in Chifunabuli Constituency following the Presidential directive for government officials to explain subsidy’s to people in the countryside.
The team headed by area MP Dr Mutaba Mwali comprising the PF Vice Provincial Chairperson Benard Chisanga, Provincial Youth Treasurer Francis Musunga, District Chairperson Dunstan Mutaba, District Youth chairperson, Davies Mulenga and District Political Secretary, Politus Mwansa had their meeting marred with disturbances.
The Mwansakombe meeting, which started well, abruptly ended with the area MP, Mutaba Mwali, being a victim of verbal attacks emanating from the crowd of disgruntled villagers demanding unpaid dues from road works done in the area almost a year ago.
[pullquote]“Consider yourself out at the next poll as a result of your laxity over this matter, you have not pursued the issue for us or we would have been paid by now. You were saying more money in our pockets, now you are eating our money! Why should we believe what you are telling us now over development or subsidy,” they retorted.[/pullquote]
This followed a directive to the Samfya District Council by the Ministry of Local Government and Housing to freeze funds or payments to contractors handling the works on corruption suspicions to pave way for ACC investigations into the matter.
However, in spite of reported clearance and close of investigations, the villagers, who recently besieged that Boma and Civic Centre offices, have not been paid their dues by contractors who threw the blame of inability to do so following the fund freeze action.
The irate villagers vowed not to return upon payment but were convinced to return by Dr Mwali who reasoned with them to have the matter amicably resolved by returning to their area located some 80km away.
At the Subsidy sensitization meeting the raging villagers took over the flow as it neared conclusion with disgruntled remarks denouncing their MP for alleged failure to look into their
plight to get paid.
Dr Mwali painstakingly explained the stage at which their issue was, much to their bemusement as they vowed they would make a trip to the boma to demand and get their pay whether or not their money is ready.
They threatened to vote-out Dr Mwali at the next parliamentary polls as a result of the issue of unpaid dues from road projects in the area under the DANIDA rural access and improvement road rehabilitation program supervised by the Local Authority.
“Consider yourself out at the next poll as a result of your laxity over this matter, you have not pursued the issue for us or we would have been paid by now. You were saying more money in our pockets, now you are eating our money! Why should we believe what you are telling us now over development or subsidy,” they retorted.
Good job villagers to buy this subsidy removal bill that was never planned
Don’t call them villagers, these are the Luapulans, – Abena Ng’umbo. They never take showers or baths, they SWIM, being in a lake or bucket. They are no nonsense people, wish their population was 7 million, Zambia would have developed.
Abena Ng’umbo, who roast Kapeta with 1 match-stick, roast fresh goat meat with Post Newspapers. Tebakwangalila, ama subsidy ni ku Lusaka or Muchinga province.
who can blame the villgees?,, they want more money in their pockets,,, and the removal of subsidies is agony which they dont understand one bit!!!!!
More money?? It used to be K10,000 or its just K10, the real 10pin. Everything is reduced, except number of ministers and prices.
Funny and sad at the same time.
Good! even villagers have realized that this is a BUFI government
lts the non payment of their dues for work done they were raging about and not subsidies cant you chaps read accurately?
Read this slowly:
“Consider yourself out at the next poll as a result of your laxity over this matter, you have not pursued the issue for us or we would have been paid by now. You were saying more money in our pockets, now you are eating our money! Why should we believe what you are telling us now over development or subsidy,” they retorted.
OR SUBSIDY!
@high speed black mama
Point made cleared… you can make a great teacher and clearly some of these chaps blinded by illiteracy and bitterness can make do with good services
Read this very slowly High Speed Wench Heading the wrong way:
‘The Mwansakombe meeting, which started well, abruptly ended with the area MP, Mutaba Mwali, being a victim of verbal attacks emanating from the crowd of disgruntled villagers demanding unpaid dues from road works done in the area almost a year ago’.
Villagers have always voted with their brains in the history of Zambia, its the chaps in the so called shanty compounds in ‘urban’ areas who fail to reason politically.
Well stated my friend well stated.
Great observation, I think you’re actually right.
BOMA(British Overseas Military Administration), why are still so stuck up in this colonial institution? We were similarly stuck with the LEA
(London Education Authority) for our primary schools until the 70’s. Do you remember? Kabwata LEA school, Lusakasa LEA school and so on
Interesting observation..alot needs reconstructing in our national life like this phrase boma that you mmention. Psycological scares are deeper and longer lasting. We need to reconsider alot on our journey to true national liberation, things like the great statue of Livingstone, the naming of the falls, the actual planning and architecture of our towns needs to be reconsidered…as there is no need to hung onto images of a time when we were enslaved in our own country. Its like keeping pictures hung up in your home of the bad times to see every morning.
@High Speed Black Mama in as much as you maybe right the bottom line is the government is quickly loosing support, people in general are going to judge PF based on their inability to deliver whether its subsidies or failure to pay wages, its a fact and you know it .
Courageous Villagers kumwebelapo MP nochi ati balisambilila iyooohoo. Luckson Kazabu is also in trouble coz Chimwemwe pipo are now fed up with PF “Bufi”… U will soon hear this..
Doctor wamafi ch ikala