Manyinga Town Council has spiced the launched Keep Zambia Clean and Healthy Campaign with awards for the cleanest premises in order to encourage community members to participate in the exercise.
Town Council Secretary, Charles Chawa told ZANIS in an interview that the local authority plans to come up with a competition where the cleanest residential premises will be awarded according to the level of cleanness.
Mr. Chama said the cleanest house is expected to walk away with a cash prize of K5, 000 while, the second prize will attract a K3, 000 and K1,000 for the third cleanest house.
Meanwhile, Mr.Chawa said the local authority has planned a number of projects in the district towards the implementation of keep Zambia clean and healthy campaign.
He said the council has started the procuring process of a light truck at a cost of K249, 000, a number of cleaning materials and tools meant for the programme.
Mr. Chawa said once all logistics are in place, the local authority is expected to take a leading role in ensuring that the programme is successfully implemented.
He said some the activities to be under taken include refuse collection, grass cutting, pothole patching of township roads as well as public, workplace and residential cleanup activities.
And Manyinga Stakeholders Association Chairman Patrick Kamboyi implored Manyinga residents to support and participate in the programme as it will also help in preventing the spread of diseases such as Cholera and Malaria.
Mr. Kamboyi said a clean and healthy environment attracts development and prolongs human life.
only in Zambia where people have to be forced to be clean…no one tells me when to clean my sorounding i do it by myself because i like living in a clean place..i dont need to be paid
Thanks Anonymous for respecting and valuing yourself .
Good idea! What about the general places? Who will ensure that they are kept clean at all times?
I don’t know why people tolerate living in very dirty environments . For me i have high self worth and deserve dignity so i hate dirty living both my indoors and front/backyards are kept in high cleanliness standards.
But ba LT tell the readers where this Komboni is kaili!! Ala ifwe twali chona, tuli machona, we wouldnt know this place if you dont tell us !!
Manyinga is one of the new district s in north western province , its situated between mufumbwe and kabompo districts!