Nyambanza residents in Zambezi District have petitioned against the sale of their 36,000 hectares ancestral land to Meanwood Agricultural Company limited of Lusaka by a local chief , Chief Mpidi.
The concerned residents have petitioned Senior Chief Inshindi to reject on their behalf the planned demarcation, alleged sale and alienation of 36,000 hectares by same named company.
In a strongly worded petition letter to Senior Chief Ishindi, people of Nyambanza area alleged that 36,000 hectares of their customary land, which falls under the jurisdiction of sub chief Nyambanza and Chizozu, has been sold without community consultation from the two areas where the land lies.
Princess Lane Kankinda said in a letter to Senior Chief Ishindi that the affected community considered the move as a hostile maneuver meant to disregard the relevance of, not only people in the area, but two sub chiefs, whom they said are custodians of the land in question.
The residents said that land in question does not lie in Chief Mpidi’s jurisdiction and that so making the sale of the land illegal and questionable.
Chief Mpidi, in his letter obtained by ZANIS to Meanwood Agricultural Company limited dated 4th August 2018, revealed that he was allocating the company 36,000 hectares of land in his chiefdom through the district council to the ministry of lands.
The letter written to Meanwood Agricultural Company Limited dated 4th August 2018, and obtained by ZANIS , revealed that Chief Mpidi was allocating the company 36,000 hectares of land in his chiefdom through the District Council to the Ministry of Lands.
When contacted for a comment, Zambezi District Acting Council Secretary, Stanley Mwanza acknowledged receiving a correspondence from Chief Mpidi on the project to be undertaken by Meanwood Agricultural limited.
Mr Mwanza, however, said that the council has no mandate to sell such vast land, adding that only the President would consent to such a move.
And Zambezi District Commissioner, Lawrence Kayumba said his office does not deal with land allocation and advised the petitioners to refer all matters to senior Chief Ishindi, who he said, has the capacity to summon the grieved villagers and the chief in question to resolve the matter amicably.
Efforts to get Meanwood Agricultural Company Limited Management for comment on the matter failed by press time as their contact mobile phone was switched off.
HH is a major shareholder of the Lusaka-based company. That’s all he ever does. Screwing people around.
Who the hell are the three fellas in the picture, The three wise men? Fusekeni mwe!
Meanwood is owned by Mr Zulu , a connection of RB , and a close pal of lungu…..
RB , inyatsi , meanwood and lungu same circle…..
Badala Spaka, you should be visiting Zambia once in a while especially during the festive season.
No! This is all to do with the Nkanzas’ and Samakayis’. Robinson Zulu’s wife belongs to this family and they are the elites of Luvaleland.
Awe mudala ba Edgar stop that PF financier from that land scandal.
Try buy in Luapula, you will see how it goes bwana, tulaponona. No wonder there are no investors in Luapula, tulaponona.
Sell it.
Thanks
BB2014,2016
Iwe kudos,
Last time HH wanted 1000 hectares of land in SP for his cows you even provided transport from statehouse for head men and villagers to petition against that , so now because it’s the RB connection it is ok ???
Ba Robbie,
You are dead right. Meanwood is behind it all. Sombo Kamuhuza, Robinson Zulu’s wife, is the niece of Eddie Samakayi. Eddie is now the Managing Director of Meanwood Insurance. This is not the first time Zulu has been involved in this kind of mafioso behaviour. He was behind the hostile takeover of Investrust Bank which saw the ouster of the founder of the bank, Mr. Friday Ndhlovu. The corrupt acquisition of large tracts of land across the Kafue River in the Mufuchani area in Kitwe was also the work of Zulu after he bought off virtually all the councilors. Because of this, government suspended several councilors in Kitwe, including the then Mayor Kelvin Sinyangwe and Chishimba Kambwili’s nephew, Charles Kabwita, now NDC Youth Chairman.
This is one of the areas where the PF has failed the people. They call it progress!
We are going back to having our land owned by colonialists. chief Mpidi has no right to sell land that doesn’t belong to him.I hope President Lungu isn’t the one who approved this sale
The government has a duty to educate chiefs about land. Now the chief has become a scapegoat. Come on PF.
Poor reporting..why can someone simply check who the board of directors are at the registras its free.
They should b given virgin land so that they clear for themselves than displacing people papanga bapansa nokushula ifimuti
Most bloggers from Ilede clan like Spaka and Gay Jay are illegal immigrants hence cannot come out of their hideouts. They hope one day Akainde will win so that they return and have something to do here. This is the reason they are anti establishment whether good or bad as long as it it not Akainde at the helm
Iwe pompwe , so if 1000 Chinese and 1000 Zambians are all given 36,000 hectares each , you don’t see a problem ??
To be du.ll is one thing , but to be du.ll and pf seems is a common denominator
You dont even know what the term illegal immigrant is…really laughable.
This is not a big problem becsause there’s plently of uninhabited land in Zambia. A compromise can easily be reached if the Agricultural company is ready to offer the residents enough compensation or relocate to another area.
What is 1000 Zambians all want 36,000 hectares each ??
What is wrong if an investor comes through to invest in you are? What is wrong is not to follow the right legal procedure like what the colonial settlers or Boers did in South Africa and in many parts of Africa. We have a lot of land inhabited land in Zambia and and who are u keeping it for? To be future burial grounds or grave yards.,
so if 1000 Chinese and 1000 Zambian investors are all given 36,000 hectares each , you don’t see a problem ??
What is US comedian Steve Harvey (guy in the center ) doing in Zambia?
The smartest Chief in Zambia, Chief MUMENA, Kaonde waswa mema!
Unfortunately these chiefs don’t know what a hectre is. They don’t know how big of an area they are selling while looking at the number. There is plenty of land which is not already in habited. Companioes want land closer to where they can distort high price when the cities want to grow. This is the same as the slave trade when chiefs sold their own to get money and gold. The mony and shiny trinkets faded but their people were enslaved for the rest of their lives. Land will live forever but money and cars will disappera withing two years. Think about that.
Imfumu sha these day are crooks.
What is this Maggot Stanley Mwanza doing in LuVALE land go back the wise province, on land ZAMBIANS ARE FUNNY HUMAN BEINGS U GIVE LAND TO A ZAMBIAN COMPANY ATI AWE U GIVE TO CHINESE ITS EVEN WORSE NOW WHATS GOOD FOR U THEN? JUST TO BE SCREWED DAY IN DAY OUT>
Imwe ma pompwe , so if 1000 Chinese and 1000 Zambians are all given 36,000 hectares each , you don’t see a problem ??
To be du.ll is one thing , but to be du.ll and pf seems is a common denominator
Just like these kaponya rats lead by lungu think borrowing money is limitless , they again think Zambias land mass is limitless ……if every 1000 Chinese, 1000 Indian and 1000 Zambian investors are given 36,000 hectares each , you don’t see a problem in the making ???
DON’T allow that to happen.
Use your spears that have lied iddle since Cecil Rhodes disarmed you
Pf if a failed project
LUNGU-MUST-GO
Trump must go
Ba Robbie,
You are dead right. Meanwood is behind it all. Sombo Kamuhuza, Robinson Zulu’s wife, is the niece of Eddie Samakayi. Eddie is now the Managing Director of Meanwood Insurance. This is not the first time Zulu has been involved in this kind of mafioso behaviour. He was behind the hostile takeover of Investrust Bank which saw the ouster of the founder of the bank, Mr. Friday Ndhlovu. The corrupt acquisition of large tracts of land across the Kafue River in the Mufuchani area in Kitwe was also the work of Zulu after he bought off virtually all the councilors. Because of this, government suspended several councilors in Kitwe, including the then Mayor Kelvin Sinyangwe and Chishimba Kambwili’s nephew, Charles Kabwita, now NDC Youth Chairman.
The wider question is whether our chiefs understand that they don’t own the land but simply custodians? We are drafting a constitution in which tribal chiefs become abolished and land becomes permanently tribal land to be managed by tribal elected councils. Chiefs have abrogated their responsibilities and become carpetbaggers.
Everyone needs money including chiefs. I’m just waiting to succeed my uncle as headman of my village so that I can also sell that idle land and make myself a bit of money. If not, why not?