THE Zambia Army has warned that it would not condone unscrupulous people encroaching on its pieces of land earmarked for various military projects in the country.
Army Commander Lieutenant-General Paul Mihova, who described the encroachment as an act of indiscipline, said the army would not tolerant such behaviour.
Gen Mihova was not happy that some people could start setting up projects such as construction of houses on pieces of land which belong to the Zambia Army.
He sounded the warning in Choma on Friday when led a team of senior army officers inspecting a piece of land earmarked for construction of army staff office complex.
At the time of the tour, the Army Commander discovered that some people had dug foundations to start building houses and other infrastructure on the same land belonging to the army.
The piece of land in question was adjacent to the new six-storey Southern Province administration complex under construction at the old Choma airstrip.
“We can’t tolerate this behaviour, it’s an act of indiscipline on whoever is doing this, how do you start digging foundations on land which doesn’t belong to you, this piece of land belongs to Zambia Army, we need to stop this encroachment immediately,” he said.
He directed the officers at Zambia Army Choma provincial office to work hand in hand with their Zambia National Service counterparts to bury the foundations with an excavator.
“By Monday (today), all these foundations should be covered up,” he said.
The Army Commander, who was in Southern Province on a tour of some army facilities, said land encroachment, should not be condoned in the country.
He, however, hailed Government for giving the Zambia Army a piece of land to construct a provincial staff office complex in Choma.
Some trucks were found offloading building materials such as sand and stones for the intended army office project which would start soon.
The indiscipline of people encroaching on land for our Defense forces annoys me a lot. First it was City Airport – even late Mwanawasa built a house there. Then there has been the Mikango Barracks issue, where even a chief has threatened the Army with eviction. With Mikango, it is also reported that senior army officers have also encroached on restricted land. The Army needs to show its muscle and nip this indiscipline once and for all.
Kekekekekekeke! Indiscipline is language understood only in the barracks. In civilian it is freedom. Lusaka radio band sings “Mayendele muno Zambia Mayendele “
Someone is going to get shot soon…Sir Army Commander Lieutenant-General how can you call civilians indiscipline as if they have undergone military training? This is the selfsame reason your soldiers slap the daylights out of civilians for merely inquiring about cadet recruitment at barracks.How can we modernise with such mindsets in the top brass.
Comment:iwe indiscipline is english word whoever understands simple english knows wht it means. behave guys
Shoot the encroachers . They are criminals . That’s we gave you the Army guns . Don’t just make empty threats . The Army lost land in Lukanga , Ndola , Mikango , Makeni , Kabwe etc to encroachers led/encouraged by President Mwanawasa . A Commander in Chief who could not protect his own Army .
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Build houses for soldiers you commander. This is an order from you employers the Zambian people. You so called senior officers spend so much of taxpayers money on facilities for your enjoyment forgetting your men and women non commissioned officers. Your soldiers live in deplorable conditions in shanties paying their own rent while you roast osamwina and quaff cheap beer subsidized by poor taxpayers. Keep the guns and bullets bought by taxpayers for real enemies. So Choma council was fast asleep while people encroached on allocated land. Actually General Mihova should have ordered Choma council to sit up and not the poor people whom the same council has denied land for far too long. Obviously some corrupt council and Ministry of Lands officials were aware but they do not care. After all…