Kalumbila Minerals in Solwezi will pay about K2 million as compassionate fee to families whose ancestral graves will be exhumed to pave way for mining operations.
Musele Ward Councillor, Olix Kakwata, confirmed to ZANIS in an interview in Solwezi that the mine will pay K6, 000 to the next of king of the affected families for each grave that will be exhumed.
Councillor Kakwata explained that about 200 old graves out of the 360 identified graves that are lying within the mining surface rights will be exhumed and reburied in the existing burial sites within Senior Chief Musele’s chiefdom.
He said the rest of the graves will be fenced and lay tombstones on them.
The compassionate fee is meant to caution the costs that the families will incur to rebury the remains of their ancestors following the relocation of villages in the area to pave way for mining operations.
A comment from Kalumbila mine management failed as they could not be reached by mobile phone by press time.
How can government allow such, please no exhuming pipos bodies and no mining operations to take place their SHA U WANT TO CAUSE CONFUSION, NDIPO JUST TRY U WILL SEE THAT MACHINES WILL NOT WORK
Atase Imwe!! Just a mere $700?? Somebody there back home please come to the rescue of our countrymen in the villages
Money is the root of all evil. Now you have started the war even with the dead, PF. Am tired. The next thing will see is cadres now dividing plots in graveyards and compensating the people with blows.
PF has nothing to do in this case , the relatives to the dead are the ones wanting to be paid why mention PF, prove to me who ever you are
This is a barbaric act which should be condemned. Does this mining firm know the meaning of the term R.I.P? Unacceptable!
Hmmm in the name of money, while mining activities are taking place, the people are still suffering, roads are pathetic, no drugs in hospitals, schools where these mines are, are pathetic. So what is gud? Agriculture the only way. Agriculture will benefit Zambia and not these mines where the owners will bring people from other country and pay them heavy salaries. Minimum salary is 1 to 10, meaning a qualified Zambian gets K6,000 and a unqualified foreigner gets K60,000. Where is justice. To hell with the mines.
Why can’t the First Lady be asked about the whereabouts of the President??? My goodness people do fear King Cobra.
Sorry wrong forum
The cobra is hibernating.
SAD! SAD! SAD!!!
Why should Zambian’s, the Owners of the land, move their Buried loved ones who are resting in peace, for a Mine, that will NEVER really benefit the locals?? Remember Vendata & An@l Argawal?
This is SACRED LAND, & Should NEVER EVER be trespassed.
These people who are asking You to collaborate in this Taboo procedure, for 30 pieces of Silver, wouldn’t dream of doing the same to their loved ones in their own Countries. SHAME!
WHILE WE ARE AT IT, WHERE IS THEIR BELLY M.P, who should be making it clear anyone who let alone thinks of such a heinous idea risks Imprisonment?
I forgot, Black lives are CHEAP in life & thereafter, & CORRUPTION REIGNS SUPREME IN AFRICA.
why the families meeting the cost of re burying these bodies.Can we be serious as a country.Which mines are not even benefiting the locals.Useless council of Elders and useless advisors.If this was in Britain was this going to happen.
This is what poverty can do.
This is an insult
Minerals are all over kalumbila. Redirect these so called investors to other areas and leave the departed alone.
The compassionate fee is meant to CAUTION the costs that the families will incur…! HELP, I do not understand the meaning of this! … Oh I get it now, the word was supposed to be CUSHION… Don’t know how I missed it the first time.
Ati next of king… Lusaka times get real
when are we going to begin. cremations kanshi!!! Land is a big asset that be must be used economically.