Kabompo council arrests a 61 year old woman for rearing cattle in her backyard

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Kabompo District Council has charged a 61 year old prominent business woman for keeping cattle in her back yard contrary to the Public and Health Act.

Kabompo District Deputy Council Secretary Audrey Mukasa confirmed the development to ZANIS.

Ms Mukasa said Martha Lumayi of riverside compound had been keeping cattle within her yard for many years and the trend had become a public nuisance as it was against the public Health Act.

Ms Mukasa said the council summoned Ms Lumayi to appear before the council and was found with four cattle at her house.

And Ms Lumayi said she was not aware that keeping cattle in the township was an offence because the council has not sensitized people on the matter.

But Kabompo District Council Health Inspector Douglas Habinda said the council has been sensitizing people for a long time but they had not heed to the warning as they have taken it as a traditional practice to keep livestock in townships.

37 COMMENTS

  1. Just how much Cattle are we speaking of here?
    Way to go mama very business minded though it could have been better to have followed the Laws, all in all very interligent woman!

    • Yes very business minded but ,all the council needed to do was to write her a letter stating the public healthy acts and advising her to remove the animals within the stated period,failure to which the animals would have been confiscated.i knew one man who had 2heifers in Rhodes park for close to a month.so let’s put in place laws that have procedures before arresting this misdemeanor cases.community programs should be introduced in our legal system for minor offenses.

    • What the hell is wrong with these PF? Why don’t they start by cleaning-up the State House of Sata? There are a lot of WILD animals, not even cows, but animals like monkeys, cobras. A monkey peed on RB, no one complained of healthy hazards.
      A woman, want to cut costs on transport to go to market to buy milk, saving on zesco bill from refrigerator which is needed for milk, manure for her vegetable garden, and ticks for birds which pollinated her garden. In fact she should be rewarded all those subsidies.

    • Even in Dar Es Salaam, it is very common. In Lusaka someone keeps goats in the industrial area near Zambia Breweries. I always find them roaming at the zambia Breweries railway crossing.

    • Lang’ata area Bogani road just near Tangaza college, Jomo Kenyata University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Kawaile is right Nairobi is full of cattle and the Masais are all over as bakacema.

  4. in kasompe chingola people keep pretty goats and the council is doing nothing about it why then it becomes a law in kambompo? Remember one Zambia one nation. I commend the kambompo council for recognizing the law and let also remind their colleagues in chingola. Goats in kasompe are too much you grow flowers for your yard because of goats they just move all over the compound. gvt. please do something here.

  5. You can keep horses, donkeys, pigs or chickens in your backyard but not a milking cow! Pigs and chickens are the worst in spreading viral diseases to humans. Leave the poor woman alone.

  7. How long has Kabompo Council been in existence and why raise the issue now?
    I hope this is not done out of malice as is always the trend in Zed.
    Give the woman Farmland!
    I am sure her application for Farmland has not been honoured leaving her with no choice but to use available land!
    Rather than condemn her, you should build her up by assisting her with farmland and more animals!
    Leave grandma alone!
    I am sure there are more pressing issues in Kabompo you need to be addressing you time wasters!

    • Your truly are DIM! And clearly have no WIT! Am sure in your twisted mind u think people should just be given land because that will stop them being a public nuisence. Please do Zambia a favour and leave!

    • If all leaders think like u Zambia would have developed,investing in someone ‘s passion.the Connecticut state saw one of its resident on The Sharks Tv program soliciting funds for a Idevice which he inverted ,so the state gave him a $1m grant and a warehouse,he now has 23 workers and come January,a $5m to host the business.maybe he have 80 employees.thats how govt help create employment.please help what’s wrong with the Africans kashi?

  9. Don’t demonise the cow keeper. Kabompo council must instead praise her, instead of talking ill against a pastoral farmer. Kabompo council must work with the lady amicably ,seek out the problem. She is in one way contributing to the growth of our economy. Those are real investers who need everyone ‘s support.

  10. Chekov, ilichipuba lost son / daughter with no assets in Zed. You guys are lost, there is nothing for you in diaspora. Zambians are well off today .They don’t need your cheap pounds / us dollars. Atase, you don’t even own a house in Zed. Where you are, to own a house, one has to pay a morgage for atleast 25-35 yrs for a 2 bedroomed house which you can easily get for £100,000 at the current rate is only K12048.19277. So What are you doing in diaspora. An ordinary Zambia can afford that. Stop showing off on this forum ba mumbwe imwe twalimishiba sana. The western part of the world is not Heaven.

    • Most home owners in Zambia have either stolen money or received bribes to build those houses. This is not contributing anything to national development because stolen money does not add any value to the economy but fuels inflation. An ordinary civil servant needs 25 – 35 years work of genuine income to afford to own a decent 3 bed-roomed house. We are aware that in Zambia some civil servants are big landlords and lodge owners all through stolen money. Western economies are strong because most of the money in circulation is hard earned income supported by production. We sweat for every cent here, but in Zambia you want quick money to buy a car, build a house and buy crates of Mosi every night.I give my due respect to all hardworking Zambians who have earned their money genuinely.

  11. @chekov,u have colonial mentality ,that’s y Zambia has taken to long to develop because the majority of people hold your view.its good to study were the field were your passion is otherwise the woman should be given a soft loan.thats how a govt help in creating employment not working in GRZ whatever y call them.am glad many people are supporting the woman

  13. So the report says the woman has been rearing the cattle in her “backyard” for years now. Well, a couple of questions need answers. (1) Where was this happening, on her farm, or in residential area? (2) What is the quantity of the cattle? (3) For how long has this been going on, (4) Was the woman aware of the violation, and educated on the impact of her actions, and (5) Where any actions taken to warn the woman prior to the arrest?

    • Dr Chifita
      You seem to enjoy rhetorical questions
      Here are the answers
      (1) Where was this happening, on her farm, or in residential area? IN HER BACKYARD
      (2) What is the quantity of the cattle? 4 HERDS
      (3) For how long has this been going on, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
      (4) Was the woman aware of the violation, and educated on the impact of her actions, NO SHE WAS NOT and
      (5) Where any actions taken to warn the woman prior to the arrest? NO SHE WAS NOT
      Any more questions?

  14. Fine the lady at most, leniently, or preferably just give her a warning and let her go. If it has been going on for years, it means even the authorities have not done their job for years, so they are also guilty of negligence of duty.

  17. In East Africa its common practice, they call it zero grazing people keep one or two daily cows in their backyard . Even in areas like Mikocheni Tanzania. But what the council should do is not to arrest the the 61yr old woman by implementing those archaic rules , find a better solution instead of punising her like that.

  23. Could someone please help me with the section in public health act that prohibits the keeping if pigs, goats etc in backyards.

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