Lusaka City Council has this year procured equipment for garbage collection worth six million kwacha.
Council Director of Public Health Greenford Sikazwe says among the equipment procured is a front loader and two tipper trucks.
He however said that the rate at which the local authority is purchasing equipment is not equal to the rate at which the equipment is depleting.
ZANIS reports that the Council Director of Public Health said this during the District Development Coordinating Committee Meeting held at the council chamber recently.
Mr. Sikazwe also said that there is need for more funding to local authorities due to the huge task it has towards service provision to the public.
He cited the ten million kwacha that was budgeted for in the 2014 national budget to councils when LCC alone has spent six million kwacha.
And Mr. Sikazwe says there is need for people to change their mind set towards waste management if garbage is to be controlled in the city.
Mr. Sikazwe said that people should not carelessly litter the city with the mind that the council will clean up.
He said garbage control needs concerted efforts by all stakeholders as well as at personal level.
Well come to Lusaka- the capital city of Zambia.
I wonder why they changed Northern Rhodesia to Zambia, from that very day everything turned into garbage.
If Welensky came by for holiday, he will slap whoever is president of that was upon a time a beautiful country.
Lusaka is indeed a dirty city and LCC should work hard to clean the city. Thank goodness my house is in a clean neighbourhood but everytime I go out I feel sad to see the dirt in the city and some residentials. People also should desist from throwing garbage along walk paths, markets, etc and work consciously to maintaining a clean environment.
I hope this will spread to other towns as well, I mean the garbage collecting trucks; it s almost all of Zambia that needs them? secondly the council can make more revenue by billing the vendors a kwacha a day; this will rake in a lot of revenue for the council.
Ife we miss Mike Mposha in Ksq and in the council, one thing for is that under his leadership the councillors were more of civic leaders than now when they are more into politics. We messed up in Munali, I hope we can make up.
@Nane, I hear you. I remember interacting with Ba Mposha, you immediately felt his leadership; down to earth. Do you know his whereabouts?
@ Jeff, Mayor Mike Mposha is very much around Lusaka, I met him last week after a long time. He is very much around, still the same; down to earth.@ Name we surely have to make up. I have his vote if he wants it. Twachula sana
Job well done LCC, you need to do more. We surely need to change the mind set regarding garbage disposal. Mposha was my school nate at Munali, he is always helpful. He gas been like that from the school days. He was my Prefect at Mun boys. A great guy!
PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES,PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES
This is very sad indeed how can K10m be budgeted for in the 2014 national budget to ALL councils when LCC alone has spent K6m…this is utterly irresponsible for the government especially when we have useless deputy ministers, useless District Commissioners doing absolutely nothing, the first lady on her own million kwacha budget and a pointless Presidential Challenger Jet parked at KK airport.
Just from saving from the above I could be able to save K20m which could be directed to these councils.
Lumumba Road ,yoh,I would not take a visitor there.Musebanya.
Lumumba road. no wonder thay say a black man was cursed and that he has very low IQ against a white man. How can we allow such garbage in town center mwebantu/