Country Sanitation Ambassador Chief Machaa of the Tonga speaking people is saddened with the increased open defecation in Mongu District of Western Province.
The traditional ruler observed that most parts of Mongu District lack decent toilets thereby contributing to increased open defacation.
Open defecation poses great health hazard not only to selected segment of a certain society but to the all entire nation, he said
The Chief who on a tour of the province called for inclusion of all traditional leaderships, government Officials in the fight against the trend in the area.
The Chief said this when he paid a courtesy call on Mongu District Commissioner Susiku Kamona at his Office over the week-end.
He said open defecation does not only disturb public sights but also creates ideal environment for the outbreak of transmissible diseases.
He said Open free defecation goal cannot be realized without full involvement ofall the people and asked stakeholders and the entire community to be steadfast in the implementation of the cleaning campaign exercise.
The chief urged the people of Western Province to stand up in large number and tighten-up hygienic measures in order to avoid communicable diseases in the area.
He said that it was disheartening to note that Western Province is currently standing at 7 percent rate in hygiene when the country is advocating for achieving free open defecation by the year 2020.
The Chief observed that lack of proper knowledge and sensitization to the people on the subject was a great contributing factor to the current augmenting opening defecation in the Province and called for an urgent action against the vice.
The Chief is in Western Province working with Civic leaders, GovernmentOfficials and the Barotse Royal Establishments in combating open excretion.
Hahahahahah! Wena small Tonga sit and shut up, before you get beaten
Go ku India and see real defecation in the city of mumbai right at the entrance to their shoprite or hotel
So? Are you saying if they do it in India we should do it in Mongu?
…to help achieve free open defecation by the year 2020. This is absolutely bonkers. When you plan to build a house, do u not include ichimbusu in that plan? Pa last yaba ni news sure? Stupidity at its best
…at its worst! Do some English Grammer or just speak in Tonga.
What does “achieving free open defecation” mean? Is that a target to achieve or something to eliminate?
MONGU is a SANDY AREA so to DIG A PIT LATRINE THAT CAN STAY FOR A LONG TIME is quit a CHALLENGE. Those WHO CANNOT AFFORD CEMENT to put linings around the pit latrines WHO COULD BE IN THE MAJORITY resort to open air defecation! In OTHER RURAL AREAS where the SOILS HAVE MADE IT EASY, PEOPLE EASILY PUT UP PIT LATRINES as they build their houses!!
LOL. Your Royal Highness Chief Macha, that is hilarious!. I am sure this is a well calculated Tonga-Lozi triblal-cousinship missile. Twalumba mwabeleka, mwami. This has made my day. LOL.
Sometimes I think we should not be called people. We are hijacking the this from real people. Honestly how can we be talking about this in December 2016. Man landed on the moon July 20, 1969. Almost 50 years ago, still Zambians to this day cannot manage basic hygiene.
What real proof is there that man landed on the moon in 1969? Why have we not been “back to the moon” since the 1970s? Always ask questions.
Ubusanku ku Barotseland!
Well the issue of defecating is in parts of our country. Now for the Chief to single out Mongu to me it implies that the degree of defecating in Lozi land is huge. I’m glad that it has been mentioned by their tribal cousin had it been someone else perhaps the story wud hv taken a different twist. In fact these are some of the issues which were there in the Referendum, environmental hygiene. You voted against it. Wait rains are on the way more cholera!!! CRY BELOVED LOZI LAND.
Lol. This is not something people discuss even if we know it happens but alas! It has made made news on Lusaka Times. What a way to end the day!
Why are you guys attacking my province. Stop it, we have too much sand.
@Nzelu,
LOL, …. Ndate, since sandy soils are much easier to shuffle around with a foot, don’t you think it would be easy to bury after one does do number two?. LOL -.Look, apart from it being good hygiene practice, it would, in time, overpower the sandy soils, and vegetation will surely begin to grow due to ‘free organic freftilizer’. That’s a win-win practice.
Incobeni ncobeni Mwami Macha ngu Suntwe pe, wa kasondokide!
The chief has spoken about what people fear to talk about in Zambia, . Cleanliness is important in every sense because it puts off most diseases ,makes the area conducive to stay in and above all it teaches young people a tradition. Can one imagine how they would behave if they travel to places like Mufumbwe,Solwezi, Mpongwe, Chingola or Kasama? May be Mporokoso will suit them because that is also another area where the chief should visit. The only difference is that they carry a hoe and make a small hole which is burried after. Let us be open Mporokoso is also like Mongu.
This is really sad and a clear reality. You cannot blame it on the people, but on government failing to put up infrastructure that support sanitation. Honestly how can even a city like lusaka have places where water is drawn from a well dug in the yard??? No piped water??? And yet countries like Botswana and Namibia are desert states 90% of the houses in town have water, ablution facilities, showers in each and every house. RSA’s water source is from the mountains of lesotho, but the whole metro city is well connected with water facilities?? Zambia has water all over, but the worst country with a poor urban plan?? Land must be sold for housing development after proper land surveying, zoning, electrification and development of all bulk services. But in Zambia, people build the way they…
But in Zambia, people build the way they want. No architectural drawing approvals and the house is built. How ?? who approves?? Failed state indeed.
The PF is to be blamed for this problem
The Chief is right; we must stop this terrible habit and it is not just in Mongu but in every part of Zambia, especially Lusaka. You cannot even use those small paths in between buildings or shortcuts because they are heavily littered with human faeces. There is actually a general lack of sanitation and hygiene in many places and that is why we have frequent outbreaks of diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, trachoma, etc. You don’t find such in our neighbouring countries like Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland.
God bless Zambia!