Mayor Mulenga Sata during a tour of Lusaka town centre market
PF Lusaka District Chairperson Mulenga Sata has boasted that his responsive leadership is responsible for the stability that the ruling PF has enjoyed in Lusaka.
Mr. Sata who is also Lusaka Mayor said from the time he took over as Lusaka District PF Chairperson, there have been no unrests in the ruling party.
He said Lusaka residents deserved to live in a peaceful city without any trouble from the party cadres.
“Lusaka is traditionally a peaceful place and what was happening sometime back was a sign that leadership was failing. What I have tried to do is provide leadership and everyone in the party is following through,” Mr Sata said.
He said he does not expect a repeat of the leadership wrangles that rocked the party’s leadership in Lusaka.
Meanwhile, the Lusaka City Council (LCC) has sent a final warning to defaulters owing the Council close to K1 billion to pay up or face legal action.
The LCC is owed millions of Kwacha in rates, rent and billboards that has accumulated over a period of time.
Assistant Public Relations Manager, Brenda Katongola said the Council has since given tenants occupying its properties in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill, a 21-day ultimatum which elapses today (Tuesday, 10th June) to pay up or face eviction.
She said the Council has also sent warning letters to other defaulters to pay up or come 1st July, the civic authority will send bailiffs to help the institution recover the monies owed to it.
“The Council is owed a lot of money in unpaid rent and rates by various institutions and individuals and from billboards over a long period of time. Paying rent and rates is mandatory by law. This time we are not encouraging defaulters to pay, but we are warning them.
We sent out letters to tenants occupying the few remaining Council houses in Ibex Hill on 21st May, 2014 to pay up, failure to which they will be evicted. Some tenants are owing the Council more than K100,000 in unpaid rentals,” Ms. Katongola said.
Ms. Katongola said the Council will not allow illegalities to hamper its efforts of providing quality service delivery and warned defaulters with outstanding amounts in rates, rent and billboards to pay for the civic authority to deliver on its mandate.
“People need to honor their obligations and pay what they owe the Council for us to offer quality service delivery to the community and also for us to be able to function effectively.
“Come 1st July, bailiffs will pounce on the defaulters. This is in a bid to generate revenue for the council especially that people have failed to honor their obligations even after reminders were sent out.
Apart from sending bailiffs, we will also start taking defaulters to the courts of law for the necessary action to be taken,” she said.
I agree with him
Lusaka is better cleaner and worthy of menta to claim, that he was the first ,man to stabilise it
Well done MS on behalf of all LT readers
Thanks
Most of your comments carry no sense. You sound like uncivilized person, which part of the world do you leave?
Most of the sub-human cadres/mongrels who were causing confusion are from his camp and they have gone under since he took over.
Most of your comments carry no sense. You sound like uncivilized person, which part of the world do you live?
Most of the sub-human cadres/mongrels who were causing confusion are from his camp and they have gone under since he took over.
Its common sense naimwe. You dont need a rocket scientist to tell that if you dont send out those criminals called PF cadres, who have been attacking people, there will be peace.
In what regard? ubushilu bwakwa wishi!
LOL!!!!
But Mulenga makes me laugh…..
Pwhwaaaaahahahahahaaaa!!!!!
what stabilize???….. with 60inch LCD tv connected to dstv,,,,,, back to back ben 10 and tom&terry in your office daily
Clean up the garbage city and get rid of the ugly and filth street vending.
Improve on water and sanitation services
because of the unbelievable levels of ifiko all new and modern buildings look dirty too
I am not sure if Komaki will agree with that, even Kabimba will disagree with Mulenga Katongo.
Mr Mulenga Sata, just a timely reminder, Zambia as a whole is peaceful and what has been happening across the country is as a result of poor PF leadership across board. Thanks for acknowledging the inevitable, that PF is full of poor leadership and this is affecting the Kwacha too.
Have you also disarmed the machete wielding scoundrels?
Good boy ! Keep up with the good work son.Daddy is proud of you.
Kwati nibawiso????????????????? Saulo amuses me.
It must only be in Zambia were a former dog trader can become a mayor
It must only be in Zambia where Engineers are only found on Lusaka times and pretending to be in Australia, while in the actual sense they are in Bauleni drinking over fermented shake shake.
Saulosi please…. even if you miss insulted or want Mulenga’s daddy insulted teifi nakalya. Just leave his father rest for a while.
Do you mean that ubuwele wakwa wishi nawisa kumwana?
Full of himself like his father. It is always I,i,i,i. I was the first Zambian to go to South Korea, I was the first person to become minister of health, I was what what what…… its a satanic disease. Lusaka is as filthy and as violent as when you became mayor through the back door. You have no leadership to talk about because you are just as thick headed as your father. You shall revert to the streets as your fathers end comes to be very soon.
Full of himself like his father. It is always I,i,i,i. I was the first Zambian to go to South Korea, I was the first person to become minister of health, I was what what what…… its a satanic disease. Lusaka is as filthy and as violent as when you became mayor through the back door. You have no leadership to talk about because you are just as thick headed as your father. You shall revert to the streets as your fathers end comes to be very soon. Bana Mulenga.
Ba Mulenga there’s two kinds of light :the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures.You’ve got the illusion of a glare which wrongly leads you to believe you’re doing well.
You are absolutely right. This guy could not see the folly of parading his sickly father at the high court.
@ Enka, that is a good one, it has been long time since I read something I can appreciate. Again, man that some rear thinking…
And the campaign begins – remember we were told that Ukwa was experienced because he cleaned up the streets of Lusaka when he was governor – Kabimba watch out!
@Chisenga and Saulosi.
I miss Luapula Premier and his cohorts!
I just want to appreciate efforts that the BOZ has ‘made’ to strengthen the Kwacha. Fred Yamba’s statement was good as it addressed the fundamentals driving the weakening Kwacha.
i. Increasing budget deficit – slow down on printing money. Too much money is chasing too frew goods / services = inflation.
2. stop the man in plot 1 from ukufwisa ma investors – it erodes confidence in those who want to bring in fx. Tame our ngoshe (linoha), I hope am correct!!
3. reduce spending 52% of the tax cash on kudya (payroll). ln my time, we did not exceeed 30% and thus we attained HIPC debt forgiveness.
A strong Kwacha means we are all happy. Remember, it is the economy stwepeed!!
mulenga, pardon me; clean as in what way; stop kidding yourself kid; lusaka is filthy; troublesome; your cadres on Lumumba harrass people etc; i am disappointed in you; I was glad when you were put in your position because I thought being a leanard person things would change for the better; now on you demanding rates and levies; how about collecting k1 from all the vendors you guys have allowed to litter and congest the city; imagine how much revenue the council could collect: you can do it youngster just put your foot down
A true leader does not use word like “I”
Learn to say “WE”
“I” is the word for dictators and autocrats.
I believe as an executive (Lusaka PF) you work as a group/team, hence members of your group need to be part and parcel of your “success” as well.
IT’S TRUE, BA MULENGA. LEARN TO SAY, ‘WE’ AND NOT, ‘I’.
He cant say we, coz so far has done nothing!
Just like his father. He is always the righteous and the others are always wrong. Soon Mulenga shall be calling himself “the man of action “.He is heading towards kabwata constituency. Lubinda you are dull.
Lusaka is filthy. Full of vendors and cadres
Talk of blowing ones own horn, yaba so ati he is a ‘man of action’?
Most of the sub-human cadres/mongrels who were causing confusion are from his camp and they have gone under since he took over.
This guy is as useless as his dad. Mulenga just tell the nation that you’ve told your panga wielding militia to lie low. We will see this militia back again during the 2016 campaign. After all come 2016 you guys are intent on destroying the country if you don’t get what you want. Sata used to during the MMD campaigns in 1990/19910: “Tuka filila munsenga”. Zambians don’t know what kind of evil they put themselves under in September 2011.
Is it because of the huge contracts you have been given by your family forest
Enjoy while you can. You should be asking what do former president’s children do after their fathers leave office? (Kaunda,Chiluba,Mwanawasa and RB) Zambians are very patient and have plenty of time at their disposal.
I am very disappointed in him how can he say “I” as he is alon
Ka Chumbu Aka Shoololwa Ka Mulenga. Atase. Mcheeeeeew!!!
Only if he removes venders from the street then lusaka will be stable.
It seems the Mayor thinks he is ready for a holiday. Mission accomplished, eh Mulenga?
Only you do now sound a bit like George “dubya” Bush who also declared mission accomplished………. under that big banner at “the end” of the Iraq War.
So things are all “stable” in Lusaka, huh? Good luck with that…….
….from dog dealer to mayor??
You snake junior i thought you would say that you have managed to stabalise the Kwacha. PF is not not what we want . We want sanity in the economy you Son of a cobra.
Mulenga you are too much far from what you are saying, go and visit Lumumba road, Cairo and so on. Remove those thugs of yours from these streets. Shame , Haileisa Haleisa.
******, mulenga is trying to work and the only thing you can do is condemn. people like engineer from Australia(chibolya) are just bitter after we sent officers to sort them out. we are working, just prepare your minds to see us until 2021. you are buisy talking about panga boys, I only release those when you bring your silly mapatizya formula.
He is a son of his father! Lets see you defy your father and remove the filthy caused by the vendors from the CBD , which filth your father so much likes and see if you will survive the chop. Your aunty tried and see where she ended up. Claiming kudos undeseverdly! Let the people do the judging! Remember Abulayi Wade and his son? The same fate could befall you. You are celebrating too soon.
Kabili you are no longer sending your cadres to hack each other. Remember you are the one who received the petition on behalf of your father to have Kabimba removed.
Its after all the PF that destabilised Lusaka so what is there to boast about? Mulenga should come and boast after he cleans up the city, restores drainage in the city, makes all shanties disappear, macadamises all township roads and brings us street lights and street signs. Kutali bawishi