Thirty women clubs of Kapiri Mposhi District in Central province have received egg incubators and K2,000 each as start-up capital from the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund.
Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund, National Coordinator ,Clement Tembo handed over the incubators at a ceremony held behind Katambala market in Kapiri Mposhi yesterday.
Mr. Tembo announced that besides the incubators, all the beneficiary groups will be given start-up capital amounting to K2,000 adding that they will receive training from Lusaka on how to operator the equipment.
He stated that President Edgar Lungu’s desire is to see that all marginalized Zambians regardless of their political affiliations are being empowered.
Mr. Tembo said all Zambians have one President whose vision is to empower his people with some sort of capital to ensure that they become self-reliant in future.
He further said the Presidential Empowerment Programme is non-partisan and encouraged all Zambians to take part saying he is happy to see women groups from opposition political parties also receiving the incubators.
Mr. Tembo called on all Zambians to embrace each other under the ‘One Zambia, one Nation’ motto which President Lungu has been preaching about.
And Kapiri Mposhi Council Chairman, Obby Kabasa said empowerment of citizens should not be based on political affiliation hence applauded the President for the initiative which has finally touched the lives of the people in the district.
Meanwhile, one of the recipient women group representative, Mary Mushipe thanked the President for coming up with an empowerment initiative meant to uplift the lives of vulnerable people.
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Mrs. Mushipe, an elderly woman confessed that she never believed that her group would receive an incubator because she only heard of such empowerments from other people.
The Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund, a brain child of President Lungu has been empowering Zambians mostly women marketeers and other marginalized people.
More like a tool for bribery this fund..dont we have relevant orgs who can loan these women a funds instead of mere hand outs so they appreciate tge value of hardwork.
I wonder how much is allocated to tgis Presidential fund which is not audited.
That is why you are there Jay jay. Instead of yapping yapping, introduce one and will help you implement it period.