President Edgar Lungu has said his government will not hesitate to dissolve any council that will fail to deliver according to people’s expectations. The President said he was not happy with the filthiness at Mwayasunka market in Chisamba district. Mr. Lungu was speaking shortly after he toured the market.
The President said any under performing council, whether dominated by the Patriotic Front (PF) or the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND), would be dissolved because government wants to make a difference in people’s lives.
Mr. Lungu said garbage in public markets must be emptied regularly. He has since directed that the levy collected from markets must be used for the intended purpose.
He took to task the Ward Development Committee (WDC) chairman Arnold Munkondya for allegedly failing to deliver according to people’s expectations in the market.
Mr. Munkondya was at pains to explain to the President the reason why the market was filthy.
Earlier, President Lungu toured Mwayasunka Primary School where he interacted with pupils whom he urged not to be lured into early marriages.
He said it was only by acquiring a better education that the pupils would be able to lead better lives.
And a grade nine pupil at the same school, Choolwe Chalimbana, appealed to the President to help improve the floors in classrooms.
Chalimbana said the floors were cracked hence the need to mend them and also to construct new classrooms.
Meanwhile, school head teacher Kingstone Mutandwa appealed to the Head of State to assist the school with the construction of two new staff houses.
In response, President Lungu promised to look into the plight of pupils and teachers at the institution.
Whenever Lungu gets sick he sees Dr Kaunda
Ok, so what are you trying to say?
Your majesty just do it.
He is doing the right thing isnt he?
In Scotland we have County , Towns and Zambia has townships and councils, what a backwards county
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This is a worrying tendacy exhibited by Lungu all talk and no action.
This explains why there is rampant and indiscriminate indiscipline in both the party and government it all ends up in just threats!
I am sure Even his ardent supporters surely must be tired of the empty threats from Him……surely any sensible person must be
It shouldn’t take the whole president to talk. Let the law talk and those responsible to ensure the filth is not at the market Disciplined. You will see change. Each individual working or not should be responsible for their action or responsibility. Allow rule of law and not the president issuing empty talks. There is far greater responsibility the president should be worrying about or maybe he doesn’t know his responsibility?
Threatening again! get on with the job man. After all you do not even deserve it. It’s a stolen mandate. Go away!!
BA BOSS SO FAR YOU HAVE ISSUED COUNTLESS WARNINGS. IT’S TIME TO FIRE YOUR SLEEPING MINISTERS, MAYORS, MAYORS AND MANY MORE WHO WENT INTO SLEEP MODE UPON OCCUPYING THEIR POSITIONS. SOMETIMES I THINK THAT YOU TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED AND FORGET THAT ELECTIONS ARE JUST ROUND THE CORNER. YOUR MINISTERS’ INETIA WILL DRUG ON INTO NEXT ELECTIONS. “NKAYA MAILO APWILE UBUNGA MU KATONDO”. ACT NOW- WE HAVE HEARD MILLION WARNINGS AGAINST YOUR MINISTERS AND OTHERS FOR TOO FAR TOO LONG WITHOUT ACTIONS.
Finally he’s doing his job. Credit goes to all the patriotic Zambians who made this lazy administration begin to do their job. Lungu should’ve been doing this since 2015. Either he didn’t know what he was supposed to be doing, or he was just lazing around. Either way, we made him start doing something. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s all pat each other on the backs. Congratulations. But we’re not done yet. Let’s keep talking. Otherwise this administration will go right back to sleep.
Do not just threaten. You have to act. In developed countries like USA, people work while bearing in mind that they can be replaced any time if they’re not performing well. Only in Zambia do the managers come late for work, hang their jackets on their leather chairs and then disappear from the office. And at the end of the month they expect to be paid for doing nothing. Fire the non performing slackers. Replace them with people who’re willing to do the job. That way you shape people’s work habits faster. People learn when they see you act, and not by empty threats. Remove the lazy bums from office, and replace them with hard working qualified people.
Did it have to take 60 deaths , the chorela and the bad image for Zambia for Lungu to see the obvious?
Always talking but never acting.
What a joke..dozens die of cholera in Lusaka; no commission of enquiry, no coulcil dissolution then lelo ati shani shani.. Even Akon an international artist posted a pic of the Lusaka mayor in full snooze. The pic got over a million views. How hasnt the president seen the “underperformance” there?
CAN LEGAL MINDS AND PRESSURE GROUPS HELP FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES SEEK LEGAL REDRESS. SURELY SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOLERA, IT’S ABOUT TIME PEOPLE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTION IT.
I will only believe him if he can dissolve Lusaka with the sleeping Mayor at the helm. Ama threats tayabomba. Balibelela ukumfwa ama threats from different people including aba nkongole
There you go! They collect Leeves from marketeers and only God knows where the money goes. It is the same story over and over all across the Country. Does it really have to take the Republican President to inspect every market and public facility to remind people responsible for the upkeep of these places/facilities that they are filthy? What happened to our Civil Service in Zanbia kanshi?!
Some of these things really doesn’t need that much BRAIN POWER to know and realize that something ain’t right. And living or doing business surrounded by filth and dirt is a sign of people deliberately failing or refusing to think, use initiative and ack right. The President doesn’t have to come and remind you of this….IT IS COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!
This mentality of always waiting for the Govt…
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… in Lusaka to come and do things for, even stuff you can ably correct yourselves, ought to stop! It is outdated, archaic, and silly. Let us stop this INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS that has become a cancer among our Local Govt employees….it is killing the charactor and future of our Zanbia!
Mr Threats at it again.
Exactly, another day, another set of threats, never any action. Its threats left, right and centre.No one takes them seriously anymore.
THE PRESIDENT GOES TO THREATEN COUNCILS THAT HE DOES NOT FUND. HOW DOES HE EXPECT THEM TO PERFORM WHEN THEY HAVE NO FUNDING AND SALARIES COME AFTER SIX MONTHS.
Dissolve your non performing cabinet too Bwana Lungu its full of mediocrity.
You can not dissolve anything Mr lungu…no one is accountable for anything in your GRZ…
Bitter pipo on it again ,seen the head working for you it pains becouse you know what next in 2021 crying as always
What working ?? 70 people have needlessly died of cholera ati working ….
Millions of residents in Lusaka do have access to clean drinking water or clean sanitation , they use holes in the ground as tolilets poluting the water right in the capital city while the theif just oversaw spending $17 billion……even in chawama where he came from still drinking dirty water and sh.iting in holes..
Every other week this lazy moron issues hollow threats …its like listening to the same record. Anyway everyone knows he is a non performer himself!!
talk talk talk talk talk and empty threats,he only acts if its the opposition or any one with a divergent view…
Even in 2021 he will be issuing warnings…really laughable!!
Start with LCC; am glad that Lungu has also awaken from sleep to see filthy which I have been seeing for years; Mr Lungu, emphasise cleanness and even if your past has been bad try to leave Zambia a clean place; leave corruption; and don’t oppress others;
Thats because you have both been sleeping…
Edgar Lungu ought to practice what he preaches; fire the non performing corrupt ministers first! His bark is worse than his bite!
He has already fired a non performing minister who was in charge of this business lucky Mulusa. The next on the line is local govt minister for failing to maintain sanity in the councils.
Last time i checked Mulusa resigned…they sectioned him after he called those overpriced lorries wheelie barrows
You’re a maroon. Mulusa was fired and kalaba resigned. Effects of reading zwd too much. Zwd is a kids media were lies is the order of there business.
Laughable you are calling me a kid when all you do is tempering with the thumbs up and down buttons.
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We all know mulusa was fired for calling out the wheel borrows while ka Vincent mwale , incharge of all failing councils, is not touched becsuse he defended the wheel borrows…
The comments of my fellow Tonga’s so sad.
Ask the relatives of the 70 people who have died of cholera to comment……
@RogerRamjet
So all you see is tribe tribe tribe. You need to change your mentality. Who told you that Tongas are the only people seeing the rot in ELC. Even us from Bembaland we are voicing out here. WTF is wrong with you Zambians?
He can not fire any one in his cabinet because he is guilty of the sale corrupt practises as his ministers. He is afraid they will divulge even more of the rot that is going on, if he should fire them. They have become an albatross around his neck! He will go down with them!
Then what if he dissolves them????
Let’s support the President what do gain by insulting him.remember if you are a politician you loose value or you just waste your time because it won’t change the president.
ECL is the best reasons-he works not just please but better life today or ahead-he is read for challenges-he is not emotional he does not respond hate speech.-,mention any quality you get it in him. Me I like this man give him another 5 yes.
It is okay Mr. President if they are not working! Cholera could not have been there if they were working. Only one cholera case is a challenge to Zambia! We need to treat it!