The Lusaka City Council (LCC) says it is committed to the rapid creation of a proper drainage system for the city and is uniting with the founders of the project Millennium Challenge Account Zambia (MCAZ) in doing so.
LCC Assistant Public Relations Manager Brenda Katongola said the council has provided MCAZ with the essential information for implementing technical assistance to the institution.
Ms. Katongola said contrary to chatters that the local authority failed to provide MCAZ with information on plans for the layout of the city’s overflows regarding the drainages project, the council had succeeded in supplying MCAZ with the information they demanded in correspondence on April 30, 2015.
She said the council through its Engineering Services and the Public Health Departments gave MCAZ a complete report on the Urban Development Plan that the Council in collaboration with Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) had drawn out.
Ms Katongola stated that the local authority and MCAZ had a cordial working relationship and held a series of meetings on the Urban Development Plan for Lusaka.
She further stated that the two institutions shared a common strategy and vision on establishing a plan for future drainage investments in Zambia where water will be poured from the tributary drainages into the Bombay Drain.
Ms. Katongola added that the Council had also presented its annual allocation and expenditure report on drainage maintenance to MCAZ and that the allocation will be done in conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government and Housing for a proposed three years from 2013.
I HOPE THE DRAINAGE ISSUE WILL BE SORTED ONCE & FOR ALL.NO FLOODING THIS COMMING RAIN SEASON OR ELSE ZWAA!!
I see everything is Anglicized now in Zambia. When I lived there we spelled it as Chibolya not Chibolia. Not to mention that we didn’t have hogs on the roads, flood or no flood.