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Lafarge Lusaka Marathon set for 30 April.

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Hon Vincent Mwale and Mr Emmanuel Rigaux viewing the Marathon route.
Hon Vincent Mwale and Mr Emmanuel Rigaux viewing the Marathon route.

Lafarge Lusaka Marathon scheduled for Saturday 30 April 2016 is geared to be a success. The route has been certified by the International Association for Athletics Federation (IAAF) and all the necessary safety measures have been put in place including full road closure for up to 6 hours.

Speaking at the sponsorship cocktail Tuesday evening at Intercontinental Hotel, Lafarge Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Emmanuel Rigaux said Lafarge Zambia would continue to support the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon and hoped it would begin to also be a means to attract tourists into the country.

“Our commitment to the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon is firmer than ever before. We will ensure that together with ZAAA and the rest of our sponsors this event becomes a major highlight in the city’s annual events calendar. We have plans to link the participation in the marathon to tourism. Companies and individuals will choose to tour our national parks, visit the Victoria Falls and do the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon.”

Mr. Rigaux further thanked government and the sponsors for coming on board to make the marathon a success.

Zambia Amateur Athletics Association (ZAAA) president Elias Mpondela said he was happy with the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon because the routes were certified by IAAF which enables all the runners to participate in any international Marathon.

Mr. Mpondela further said that the Lafarge Lusaka marathon was aimed at promoting the City of Lusaka.

Speaking at the same event, Managing Director of Madison General Insurance Mr. Chabala Lumbwe said that his company was happy to associate itself with the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon through the provision of Insurance.

“We have all the confidence in the event and are sure it will be a success. Our job is to cover any risk and I want to assure all the participants of the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon that they are covered as individuals up to K100,000’’, said Mr. Lumbwe.

The Standard Chartered Managing Director Mr. Andrew Okai said that Standard Chartered Bank was happy to partner with Lafarge as the bank was already associated with international Marathons in other parts of the world. He said he would ensure that as many Stanchart employees as possible took part in the event.

The Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development Hon Vincent Mwale commended Lafarge and ZAAA for coming up with a Marathon which would help raise the status of the city and the country as a whole.

“Government will continue to support sporting events like this one, which have the power to elevate the status of our country and trigger economic activity. I am convinced that with time people across the globe will begin to use the Lafarge Lusaka Marathon as a reference point when talking about Lusaka and Zambia in general”, he said.

The Lafarge Lusaka marathon 2016 is sponsored by Lafarge, Madison General, Reload Logistics, Standard Chartered Bank, FNB, AON, InterContinental Hotel, Brunelli Construction, Levy Shopping Mall, AM Motors, Bri-ozii, Zambian Breweries, H2Zero, AVIC, Lusaka City Council, RTSA, Zambia Police, Zambia Sugar, Green Jobs Programme Zambia, Misty Developers Ltd and New Horizon Printing.

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