Professor Luo said this is why government depends on traditional leaders as agents of development in rural areas far beyond its reach.
She said with the traditional leadership being at the focal point, the country will realize the much needed development.
Professor Luo implored Chiefs to initiate and facilitate developmental projects by creating an environment that is conducive and favourable for investment in their chiefdoms.
She was speaking in Solwezi yesterday during the Lubiinda Ntongo traditional ceremony of the Kaonde people of Chief Mumena.
Professor Luo said traditional ceremonies should be taken seriously as they complement the country’s tourism industry and have the capacity to promote decent employment.
She called on Chiefs to use traditional ceremonies as a way of harmonising and unifying the different social groupings.
Speaking earlier, Lubiinda Ntongo traditional ceremony national chairman Sunday Kayumba thanked President Edgar Lungu for promoting the one Zambia, one nation slogan which he said has united people regardless of tribe or race.
Lieutenant General Kayumba said the country can only develop if people remain as one unit.
And provincial council of Chiefs Chairperson Senior Chief Kanongesha called on President Edgar Lungu to take keen interest and address the challenges being faced in the province as discussed during a meeting at state house.
Senior Chief Kanongesha said chiefs will continue working with President Lungu in developing the province as he has shown passion.
If only the government could walk the talk.
Madam, why didn’t we see you at the Chitimukulu’s coronation? Have respect for the Bashi Lubemba; these noble men have taught us all what it means to stand up for your beliefs.
Please act, don’t just talk for polical convenience – develop the areas; look at Bangweulu, taking graders now that there is a bye, yet people still wash dishes in cow urine water, etc. The other day we were shown a wooden pole, grass thatched, etc, rural health centre in Bangweulu, yet when there is a bye, everyone blames the former governments, yet still, they were or are still part of that ‘former’ goverment. Shame really! People should just venture out to Botswana to appreciate what a village should look like – what type of facilities should be provided to all citizens – tax paying or not, since tax is a means of distributing the wealth of the nation – so we were taught! So, if you don’t mean what you are saying, just shut your mouths, don’t bore the villagers with rhetoric.
Do politicians ever realize how abstract and ambiguous they sound in their speeches???