Staff at the Ministry of National Development Planning in Lusaka have donated assorted sanitary products , foodstuffs and other essentials to 179 female prisoners and 29 children at Lusaka Central Correctional facility as part of the commemoration of Zambia’s 54th independence anniversary.
Permanent Secretary for Development Planning and Administration, Chola Chabala said he is hopeful that the donation will help meet the daily needs of female prisoners and their children.
In a speech read for him by Director of Human Resources and Administration, Ignatius Daka , Mr. Chabala encouraged the prisoners to exhibit good behavior as part of efforts to promote the peace and love the country has continued to enjoy for the last 54 years.
The PS said staff from his ministry were moved to visit the women and children and make the humble donation in response to Christ message in Mathew 25 chapter 36 that says “I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick, and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Mr. Chabala encouraged the prisoners to acquire skills that will help them be self-sustainable and contribute to national development upon their release from prison.
This is according to a press statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka today by the Ministry’s Spokesperson Chibaula Silwamba.
It is in the interest of PF leadership to improve jail conditions because that is their likely next home after 2021.
He needs to go back to Mukobeko.