Worship the Mayor of the Greater City of Lusaka,George Nyendwa and
United States Ambassador to Zambia Mr.Eric Schultz, during the ground
breaking in Garden Compound
Local Government and Housing Minister Stephen Kampyongo says government recognizes that dynamic and growing cities have potential to drive the economic growth of the country.
Mr. Kampyongo said local economies of cities and towns are capable of being at the centre of a vibrant and resilient national economy in which integrated systems of transport, commerce and government interact.
He said for economic development to be sustained and have impact on reducing poverty, the economies of cities must drive economic growth and respond to people’s needs.
Mr. Kampyongo said government has since enacted a number of instruments to strengthen urban planning and development such as Urban and Regional Planning Act Number 3 of 2015, which is responsive to the current planning and development challenges.
He said this in a speech read for him by Local Government and Housing Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga during the launch of the report for “Promoting Job-Rich Urbanisation in Zambia by Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Just Jobs Network.
He observed that the approach to development which has been anchored on the crafting of fiscal and monetary policy which operates at central government level has paid less attention to the role of well-planned cities and good urbanization to sustain economic growth.
And speaking earlier, ZIPAR Acting Executive Director Shebo Nalishebo said urban centres are the engines of economic growth as they drive the buying power and the demand for rural goods by the urban economy.
Mr. Nalishebo said the study that three institutions conducted has outlined the opportunities accorded by urbanisation to sustain growth and diversify Zambia’s economy.
If UPND wins and HH dies the GBM become republican president. Can you imagine a Country ruled by GBM?
Yes, GBM is good enough to rule the country. At least he understands the place of prioritizing economic factors as compared to making cadres hunting down choppers in a remote village.
HH has a clean bill of health unlike Lungu. If Lungu does not prioritize he will have himself to blame
Kampyongo should stick to what he knows best – throwing stones and shooting catapults at helicopters.
Good speech- development of urban centers as focal units to rural and peripheral villages, buying power of urban centers trickling down to surrounding areas and spurring surrounding agronomic and processing activities
I like Steve He Is a strong man
This is the ***** who wants to put the country on fire
LT, ground breaking of what? As for this f00l minister who wants to put Zambia on fire, he will one day be answerable for his misdeeds at the Hague.