A CROSS section of stakeholders in Southern Province have backed Chief Sinazongwe’s proposal that the Bottom Road be renamed Edgar Lungu Bottom Road in honour of the Head of State.
The road currently under construction connects Chirundu, Siavonga, Gwembe, Sinazongwe and Livingstone districts.
Chief Sinazongwe said on Saturday that it was only right that President Lungu was honoured in that manner as he was the first Head of State since Zambia attained independence to listen to the people’s outcry by commissioning the Bottom Roadworks.
He said this in Sinazongwe when he and President Lungu braved the scorching heat to join hundreds of mourners in paying their last respect to Defence Minister Richwell Siamunene’s father, Aaron Simazila Siamunene.
“Your Excellency I want to thank you mostly sincerely. I think this is the third time that you are coming to Sinazongwe chiefdom. We remember, the first time you came to re-open Colum Coal Mine and when you came to launch the Bottom Road.
“I am requesting that this road should not only be called Bottom Road. I am proposing that it should be called Edgar Lungu Bottom Road. I want to assure you that you are the first sitting President who has answered the (Gwembe) valley people to the call of this Bottom Road, “the chief said.
Reacting to the proposal, Chief Munyumbwe of Gwembe said, there was no better way of people in the province thanking Government’s infrastructural projects apart from honouring Mr Lungu in that manner. He said Mr Lungu was a hard working Head of State and that Zambians should give him support to deliver more developmental projects.
“You see, when a person is doing an excellent work, I don’t see any reason why that person shouldn’t be appreciated. I strongly support this proposal to rename Bottom Road as suggested by Chief Sinazongwe, “he said.
He praised Mr Lungu for many programmes of development that the province was receiving from the Government.
Some residents talked to in Choma and Siavonga districts have collectively backed the calls to honour Mr Lungu and have urged him to remain committed to developing the country.
You name streets after people and not highways and trunk roads
Hume Highway connecting Sydney and Melbourne named after Hamilton Hume, who with William Hovell were the first Europeans to traverse an overland route between Sydney and Port Phillip, in what later became Victoria, Gregory highway in Queensland named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer etc.
who forbids that?
What?? Hell, no! Name it after International Standards like “M13, North/South Road, Main Road, Route 9, Kariba South, etc”. Stop this nonsense of Boot-licking.
While you are at it, please change those Airports names to represent cities or find good quality catchy International names. “Kenneth David Kaunda International Airport, Hurry Mwaanga Nkumbula, International Airport, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport!!” Can you see how pathetic this is? Compare with this: Livingstone International or Vic Falls International, Lusaka International, Ndola International or Copperbelt International..
You see? The simpler, intuitive, catchy or representative or the location, the better for tourists..
Good idea!
And when it cannot be maintained and falls to pieces because all our money is being used to pay back the EUROBOND kaloba, we will remember the PF that bankrupted Zambia and who was the one that caused that madness.
JAMESONI WAY is an excellent name!
Where is that written that u name streets after people and not high ways.
what kind of nonsense is that..he’s a hungry chief..atase..
Who is this “intelligence?” Please change your name to something else. Its too close to the real “Mr Intelligent”!! You can even get “Gabon Disaster National Heroes Lusaka Stadium”, like Kambwili would say..
Careful with these Chiefs, the could be making fun of one’s “bottom!!”
I love the name Bottom Road. Lets keep it! and ba LT, is it laying wreaths or lying wreaths? unless you are saying the wreaths were fake which is also possible
We can name it Wina instead. The Wina family has really contributed much to our country history, politically and economically. Before you comment anything know that am Bemba. Am not being tribal.
Who cares?? Right there, you spoiled it!!
so wha t if youare bemba
CHAGWA ROAD,MEANIG ACCIDENTS,RUBBISH NAME.
that’s nonsense why Chagwa instead of Mwanawasa because he is the one who started that project.
May I suggest to some of the Southern Province chiefs the following names to name but a few:
1. Nkumbula road
2. Mazoka road
3. Ngombe Ilede road
4. Gwembe Valley road
It’s also time maybe to rename the following Provinces: Central, Northern, Northwestern, Western, Eastern, Central and Copperbelt Provinces with names depicting maybe Zambian cultures and values in these provinces. For example, the Copperbelt province can simply change to Mukuba Province and maybe the Western Province to ‘Kuomboka Provice’.
That is good thinking bwana chief, I can see ECL getting some votes from that side. He is really human to give credit where it’s due. Keep it up chief
the chief will do anything do get money and a new house it’s got nothing to do with being honourable or looking after his subjects
Give him votes not names. positive signs of the south joining Zambia. They cant be in isolation forever it will affect their children. How I pray lungu gives them vice president even when they wont vote him
Zed is just full of jokes. It is like – after the N1 in SA, take the B2 in Botswana, then branch off and take the Bottom Road in Zambia… Yaba!!!
the bottom road project was started by the great HN Mwanamwasa,
carried on by Mr Banda and now PF wants to steal the credit for
starting the road….same as power projects in Itezhi and Maamba – it’s disgraceful!!!!
It is alright for ECL to get the credit. It is just like a football game. The one who creates a goal by giving the striker a timely pass, does a good job, but the one who scores gets the credit. ECL HAS SCORED!
Just see the natural humility in the first picture. Others lead, hh follows but his intentions are known by all, his acts are simply not natural.
What a country!
so great to live in zambia
Ba Mr intelligent naimwe that’s colonial mentality y name them after English names?
Are we whites? Just name them after the local arrangement and support the chiefs.
Ubo bututu
Ba Lungu naimwe u don’t av anything to do? Y traveling like this today you are in Kasama the other day sinazongwe and the other day kawambwa are you campaigning? How many Zambians av lost their beloved ones and you av not bothered to go there?.instead of you delegating busy busy traveling umungulu.
Ukasa pond pofye chikanda chobe