Ministry of Labour and Social Security says Kaoma is one of the districts that has performed well in terms of child labour withdrawal and support in education and skills training.
Ministry of Labour Commissioner, Chanda Kaziya said programmes aimed at fighting child labour by different organisations have yielded positive results with Kaoma and Nkeyema districts taking centre stage in the fight against the vice steaming from the tabacco fields.
Mr. Kaziya affirmed that the withdrawal and re-admission of children to school especially those who work in tobacco fields with the help of the Japanese Tobacco International Company (JTI) has yielded positive results.
ZANIS reports that the Labour Commisioner was speaking today when he paid a courtesy call on Kaoma District Commissioner, Kennedy Mubanga at his office.
This is ahead of a delegation from the International Labour Organisation(ILO) expected to conduct on the spot check of committees benefiting from the programmes in Nkeyema and Kaoma on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
And Kaoma District Commissioner, Kennedy Mubanga, stated that the rural parts of the country are hard hit economically as compared to urban areas.
Mr. Mubanga echoed his strategy for residents in Kaoma to diversify from growing tobacco to other crops such as cassava and bee keeping for sustainability purposes.
The visit follows ILO planned strategy to stop tobacco companies from funding child labour programmes in the country.
Northern Rhodesia was founded on its capability to provide: cheap, loyal and dedicated to the colonial industries. The genes of those labourers proliferate in Zambian society today. Chile labour is a manifestation of that!
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