Lawrence Sikutwa and Associates Ltd, under its Madison Financial Services PLC group of companies has donated general cleaning equipment general cleaning equipment worth K50,000 to the Government through the combined defence forces in a quest to clean up the City of Lusaka.
The donation is anchored by the group’s core values on environmental protection that recognize that the institutions existence is made possible by the societies in which it operates. The group of companies that includes Madison Life Insurance Company Zambia Limited, Madison Finance Company Limited, Madison General Insurance Company Zambia Ltd and Madison Asset Management Company has officially hand-over 50 work suits, 50 gum boots, 50 industrial reusable work gloves, all-purpose assorted disinfectants, 25 industrial bins and 20 Wheelbarrows amounting to K50, 000 to help the Government through the Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry improve sanitation and the general environment countrywide.
Speaking during the official hand over Madison General Insurance Company Zambia Ltd Managing Director Chabala Lumbwe said a clean and hygienic environment is not only a basic need for mankind, but a necessity. He added that the donation from the Madison Financial Services PLC group of companies is in recognition of the basic human need to live and work in a clean environment and a reflection of the group of Companies goodwill to the people of Zambia.
‘Our group is alive to the fact that our city has challenges of sanitation and hygiene. We believe this presents an opportunity for us to collaborate with the Government and other stakeholders to counter the outbreak of cholera and make Lusaka and indeed the rest of the country clean, ’ he said.
He hopes that the humble donation will go a long way in assisting the National Disaster Management Technical Committee in cleaning the Environment and protecting the personnel that are part of the cleaning process.
In receiving the Donation Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry Mrs Margaret Mwanakatwe commended Madison Financial Services PLC group of companies for the donation.
She said the Cholera outbreak has affected business and the business community. She added that suppliers and traders have been adversely affected and that it was the Ministries mandate to ensure that trading continued and flourished in a clean and safe environment.
‘The battle against Cholera will not be won if we do not have friends such as Madison, because we believe in pulling resources together.’
In concluding she said the donation will go a long way in the cleaning up of Lusaka City as the government is determined to have the central business districts and markets Cholera free.
The Minister said that the Government will ensure that there is continuous cleaning to create a clean and safe environment for business to continue.
She has urged the business community to continue supporting the cause to fight Cholera.
EVERYONE IS CONTRIBUTING CLEANING EQUIPMENT. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT LUSAKA IS EXTREMELY DIRTY AND FILTHY. ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT YOU LUSAKA PEOPLE
YOU HAVE EXPORTED CHOLERA TO ZIMBABWE WITH YOUR FREQUENT TRIPS TO HARARE
Hmmn… was this handed to the right Ministry?
Come now. When you receive donor funding it is usually tax payers’ contributions to you. What happens to YOUR taxpayers’ collections? How is it that you receive donations even from your OWN taxpayers!? This boggles the mind. What do you do with your collections!!!?????
Thanks ba Madison but please improve your services.you’ll chase customers.it’s hard to be cleared on time when claiming the money from your company.Most people are losing faith in your insurance they had trusted.Maybe your current employees are letting the company down.please improve your services to attract genuine clients.let the employee tell the truth instead of cheating people.We need to make business clean in Zambia.Come up with days it takes to clear someone when documents are submitted.
Thanks
…and they always find a way of denying you money when you have a claim….Crooks!!!
I was also wandering why government can allow insurance companies to milk money from Zambians.These insurance companies are just stealing from people.It should not be a mandatory to insure your vehicle because insurance companies in Zambia can not be trusted.it takes ages to get your money from these insurance companies.Madison has also joined the group of crooks of insurance compaines either by employees who not qualified or managemnet.it’s so shameful that Zambians are losing money like this?Insurance services in Zambia is pathetic and it takes insults to be given money.in europe it’s easy, insurance will do everything for you.In Zambia somebody should make noise to be given money. Awe govt please remove this compulsory motor vehicle insurance.It’s not benefiting the people.
LUSAKA HAS EVER BEEN THE CITY THAT TEACHES OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES HOW TO BE FILTHY. APART FROM THE TIME WHEN THE LATE MICHAEL SATA WAS GOVERNOR OF THE CITY. FOR HOW LONG NOW HAS ZAMBIA BEEN FACING THE CHALLENGES OF CHOLERA? I THINK MORE THAN TWO DECADES. HOW CAN IT TAKE TWO DECADES THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA TO CLEAN UP THEIR TOWNS? IT’S A BIG SHAME. LET THIS EPISODE BE THE BEGINNING OF LUSAKA AND IT’S PEOPLE LIVING IN PLAIN FILTHY. WE HEAR STORIES OF ZAMBIANS WHO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA AND BOTSWANA WHO WHEN COMING BACK HOME THROW LITTER THROW THEIR CARS ONLY TO BE SENT BACK AT BORDERS TO GO AND PICK UP RUBBISH THEY THREW ON ROADS HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES BACK.
Nice Madison. I’m your happy customer. Got a quick claim settlement. Thank you