President Edgar Lungu has appealed to members of the general public to remain calm and cooperate with the security wings that are cleaning up Soweto Market, Lusaka central business district and other affected areas in Lusaka.
ZANIS reports that President Lungu has urged residents in Lusaka to give the defense wings utmost cooperation in carrying out the clean-up exercise.
Speaking after attending mass at Divine Mercy Catholic Church in State Lodge area in Lusaka yesterday, President Lungu said he sympathized with the affected traders following the disruption of their trading activities as a result of the clean-up exercise.
The Head of State reassured the traders that Soweto market , the Central Business District and other trading places that have been closed will be reopened after a couple of days when the cleaning exercise is completed.
He said the clean-up is part of the remedial measures put in place to contain the outbreak and spread of cholera in the capital city.
Recently, President Edgar Lungu declared Lusaka a cholera emergency area and directed the defense and security wings to help arrest the spread of the killer disease in Lusaka that has recorded over 1,500 cases of cholera.
Good move by HE.
Chingola was once the cleanest town in the country, this was made possible by the mines and when the mines withdrew Chingola now what it is today.
This therefore means that something needs to be done and not only for a day but with consistency, the dirty in LSK will be controlled.
Members of the public knows what to do, yet they don’t do it. Something really needs some seriousness if LCC comes up with a by-law and implement it this situation will be contained.
Good move my foot. Isn’t it shameful that Kagame has cleaned up Kigali while Lungu continues to mismanage cholera in Lusaka?
I totally agree with you.
Cleaning the city or keeping it clean? The tendency has been to ensure it remains dirty, not clean.
Every town/district in Zambia needs cleaning and proper garbage management before any illness or disease breaks out. Its funny how local leaders themselves do not effect such cleanups but wait for their political bosses in Lusaka to come and launch a cleanup program (using all local resources)
Local leaders are frustrated by the so called political leaders. Each time a mayor and council take descion to remove vendors and clean the streets state House accuse them of trying to make the ruling party unpopular. Koswe need to do that himself.
People amaze me.
If a mass murderer enters your house through an open door, carrying a blunt panga and starts hacking away at your family do you:
a. Offer to sharpen his panga so that he does not have to hack so many times
b. Attack the murderer and get him the heck out of your house then barricade yourselves and call the police.
Peoples habits are still the same, we still have plastic bags and bottles. We still are a filthy nation with filthy nationals. What will the army do but temporarily clean up streets that will be filthy in 6 months time.
THe rubbish and fecal matter did not get there by magic or happy accident. People squatted there and did their poopoo business, people threw away plastic bags and bottles and blocked the drains. You can get rid of the stands and all but the people will still be there.
Just wait and see. One week after the military is gone the whole road will be back like 10,000 demons.
You cannot take away one habit and not replace it with another.
Just wait. Cholera will be back.
This is what happens you your PF thugs are told to take over public spaces..instead of providing jobs for your thugs you tell them to take over public spaces to extort money and get paid resulting in the council not responsible for anything……..you just know how to pass the blame lungu you are a corrupt theif….
Thank you President Lungu for your action but what is the long-term solution? I believe that the Ministry of Local Government and the mayor’s especially Lusaka Mayor and entire LCC have never taken their work seriously. It’s time you made some very serious shakeups in most Ministries.
How will the world look at us if Zimbabwe which has been in dire desperation overtake us in everything? Starting from infrastructure to maintenance, everything has never worked and it’s time we became serious because it’s embarrassing to even call Lusaka a city.
There are person out there ready and willing night and day to implement your vision your excellence and don’t leave things to elections time.
We are passionate about what PF stands for but we need selfless and serious professionals to enforce…
….what vision does Lungu have? Leave the Lusaka mayor alone. The council is over powered by PF cadres whò Lungu has given limitless powers. The council can not start to clean up Lusaka without sensing the feeling of the cadres. Lungu is now blaming the council for his own mistakes.
You don’t recruit a president from Chawama and expect him to have an inkling of what a clean city looks like. That is a far-fetched proposition. We are getting exactly what we are supposed to get.
This president is already taking it on the Mayor. But what does he, himself, know about cleaning a city? Give him a piece work, to manage the campus of good, sizable high school. Within four weeks of him being on the job, you will be surprised how filthy that campus will look like. Why? Because he is not a Mugufuli. He likes Lusaka the way Lusaka has always been, and Soweto Market the way Soweto Market has always been. He is not repulsive to the revulsion. He smiles at a fly and bids it farewell.
It’s really shameful to comment and recommend someone when these works are supposed to have been done some time back. The government leaders have eyes, but they don’t see to make som.e preventions. Their job is simply to be in government to wait for such problems to come. Similarly the burning of markets and government buildings
buildings are as a result of government negligence, because they don’t bother to do regular inspection in order to make sure that such problems don’t occur.
tidyness is a two way thing …the lazy thing should stop abusing the ZA!!
*tidiness
Useless lazy fooool you think Army will be cleaning the streets and markets everyday, put policies in place so LCC can maximise its venue collection not all the money going in cadres pockets!!
The man can’t even clean his own teeth, they are scattered everywhere in the mouth Crocodile Niloticus and kept yellow! To expect such a stinker to clean the city is plain day dreaming. Anyway, ba Zambia kuzizilika, seli ku buswa ki sanganu!
So why do we pay service charges to the council, and what good is the council if the army needs to step in!? Countryman let’s be organized, we have a system for a reason, let’s all play our roles in society and also one day be called a developed nation.
So why do we pay service charges to the council, and what good is the council if the army needs to step in!? Countryman let’s be organized, we have a system for a reason, let’s all play our roles in society and also one day be called a developed nation.
“President Edgar Lungu has appealed to members of the general public to remain calm and cooperate with the security wings that are cleaning up Soweto Market, Lusaka central business district and other affected areas in Lusaka.”
This is not a natural disaster to ask people to remain calm. People can tell that they been neglected in Some areas, PF is focused is on the 2021 elections.
Best move by our President ECL
This decision of involving the Zambia Army is quite fine. However, If we are to control Cholera, there is need to improve Sanitation in most compounds in Lusaka. Certain Households in Lusaka do not have well constructed toilets, there is poor cabbage collection, and others draw water from shallow wells close to pit latrines. These are the dominant sources of Cholera. Therefore, there is need to provide clean and safe drinking water at all times. Strategies aimed at improving Household Sanitation will produce sustainable positive results in combarting Cholera. The CBD is part of the problem but we must prioritize Households most affected.