Thursday, March 28, 2024

Lusaka City Council to bury 19 unclaimed bodies at a cost of K32, 000

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Lusaka City Council Head Office
Lusaka City Council Head Office

The Lusaka City Council will in the next 14 days bury 19 unclaimed bodies at a cost of K32, 000.

This follows the request from the University Teaching Hospital for LCC to bury the 19 unclaimed bodies which have been laying in their facilities for sometime now.

Council Public Relations Manager George Sichimba said the Zambia Police Service has already authorised the burrying of the bodies.

According to letter from UTH, the unclaimed bodies have given rise to an unpleasant mortuary environment contrary to the Public Health Act Cap 295 of the Laws of Zambia.

Mr. Sichimba said Consequently, LCC has caused a public notice in the press about its intention to bury the unclaimed bodies.

He said this is in accordance with the provisions of Section 61, Paragraph 41 of the Second Schedule of the Local Government Act Cap 281 of Laws of Zambia.

Mr. Sichimba explained that in accordance with the law, 14 days have been assigned in the notice for members of the general public to claim/identify any of the bodies and at the expiry of the assigned period, all the bodies which will not have been claimed will be buried.

He said this will be the fourth time this year that the Council will be burying unclaimed bodies from health facilities around Lusaka city and if no body will be claimed, the total number of unclaimed bodies buried this year will stand at 126 costing Council over K200, 000.

Mr. Sichimba said the first batch had 40 bodies, the second had 21 bodies, the third had 46 and current one has 19 bodies.

14 COMMENTS

  1. Thats K1,587.30 per body.Now lets break it down.Cheapest coffin = K1000, balance =K587.30. Assuming burial place is for free all the bodies were bunched in one truck or two with 20 bodies costing K11,740??? pls somebody to do a break down of costs for us.

    • Meanwhile the Mayor the boy Sampa is busy out and about naming streets …it would cheaper just buyinig a CREMATORIUM every cemetery should have one!!

    • What can you do with $3000 anyway. Imwe fyonse kaso.
      Just wait you die next week, then you feel it yourself.
      Give them respect, they were not PF.

    • Allowances for council officers, fuel, protective equipment, disinfectants, wrappers, grave diggers, stationary, tools such picks, shovels etc.

  2. Cremate the bodies please.
    Build CREMATORIUM even for claim bodies to be cremated from.
    Saves land and other costs.
    ALL COUNCILS MUST HAVE A CREMATORIUM @ 1% cost of Fire Tender.

  3. unclaimed BODIES BETTER BURY THEM AND LABEL THE GRACES INCASE RELAVIES WANNA EXHUME AND CONFIRM THEIRS LATER BUT KA COST KALIKO PA AUSTERITY MEASURE ZOONA LESS THAN 2PIN PER BODY AWE KWENA NI TIGHTEN YOUR BELT MU BOAT

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