President Edgar Lungu has directed that a review should be undertaken to assess performance of persons who should remain in positions or not, for failure to deliver services to the people of Zambian.
People Lungu said officers who have failed to perform should own up and declare that they had failed to work.
The Head of State’s comments come in the wake of the spilling effluent he found in the Kabwe Central Business District as he took part in the Keep Zambia, Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign.
He said the officers should take responsibility and own up whether it was the lack of equipment or incompetence instead of taking the blame game on each other.
Mr Lungu said he would be glad if people did not have working tools because in that manner he would be able to ask them why they were failing to procure working tools.
He said it was frustrating to note that people tasked with the responsibility only showed the zeal and enthusiasm to work when he was around.
‘I know that when I go back people will take it as business as usual, it can’t be like that. You have to take a review of who should remain in position and who should not, ‘’ he said.
Lukanga Water and Sewerage Managing Director Kapusana Mushani and Kabwe Mayor Prince Chileshe were all at pains to explain to the Head of State as to why they had allowed such a situation in the wake of cholera.
And Central Province Minister Sydney Mushanga said he had taken responsibility on behalf of Kabwe Municipal Council and that he would ensure that people who have been charged with the responsibilities to serve the Zambian people in different capacities deliver on their responsibilities.
Mr Mushanga said he would not wait for the Head of State to come from Lusaka to come and ensure that people come and perform their duties diligently.
The Provincial Minister has since assured the President that the situation would not repeat itself.
Earlier, the President took part in an early morning jogging exercise.
We can only stay clean green and healthy if all our pockets are clean green and healthy. Inequality is the root of economic chaos. Before we clean up the streets, let’s clean out corruption and greed in our leadership. And am very sure we can identify who are to blame.
@Juzz 1;Being poor is not synonymous with being dirty. My mum is poor but her home is the epitome of cleanliness. People stop to stare in awe at her beautiful Flowers, lawn and vegetable garden. Not to mention she takes great care of herself. My mum is 60 but looks 40 so stop with that nonsense!
And we the people are disappointed with the dirt in the PF Government. And all the filthy sewer effluent spilling from them.
People who where nothing suddenly can have 6 million dollars and 17 million kwacha in their banks.
You can buy a scania fire truck for 1 million dollars. You can send the first lady to USA for two weeks with a 25 man delegation to get old useless fire engines.
Meantime you fellow citizens can’t afford a proper meal a day.
Now that is filth. Moral filth. Moral filth is worse than physical filth, so look at yourself and whether you should be in a job first before faulting others. Hypocrite!
Just stop stealing and putting all the money in your pocket bwana Lungu……..people are suffering and its a joke…..we should start recycling programs and turn gabage into products of some sorts…..
Fire Mushanga now … how come it has just dawned on him that it’s his responsibility to take care and evaluate his subordinates’ performances now that ECL is in town.
Okay, give him two months and make a surprise and/or unannounced visit and if the status quo remains, then fire him without regrets. People need to know that there are consequences for non-performance.
Let’s roll …
You mean you are only discovering the incompetence of your PF leadership now? Where are your bootlicking institutions? Where is red brick? Where is Lusambo? How come DeadNBC hasn’t reported this? Because they are busy telling you how great you are instead of exposing your incompetent appointments
@Olivia, my I have your mother’s number please?
@ Olivia the popopo
Your mum is 60 and she looks 40……how possible is that?……interesting and how old are you the real Olivia pope?
If your mum is poor and you’re doing well you are a fool. Read the scripture. You will have a short life. I keep my mother in Kitwe at in a town flat now. She just travels to the village every now and then. Shani Nostra
Lastly he is in the wrong place looking after cleanliness. his systems are not working. why can he just become a councillor. he will be very effective otherwise make the systems work sir. if every one is accountable things will move.
The major problem ends up with you our president. You’re afraid to fire them or lose any of your ministers. So they have taken advantage of you. Ministers only want to work when you visit there offices or when they follow you on your working visits. Truth be told ,I honestly don’t know why you’re afraid to kick them out cause they have costed you a lot and the PF at large.
When is this Lazy moron going to be disappointed with issues at national level …these are roles for a Deputy PS of Local Govt you have appointed.
Lukanga Water and Sewerage Managing Director Kapusana Mushani and Kabwe Mayor Prince Chileshe were all at pains to explain to the Head of State as to why they had allowed such a situation in the wake of cholera.
And Lungu should be very disappointed bcuz he’s been leading the cleanup himself instead of setting up self sustaining cleanup systems.You can’t build institutions around a political godfather.
I wish could have dissolved the entire Kabwe council and call for by-elections.
The Kafue by-election was caused by Saturday cleaning.
Lungu is like Mugabe,Museveni and Kagame who can’t think of their countries running without them.They don’t set up mechanisms of continuity without them.
Remove Kagame from the list. He gets the required results from his people
Comment:kkkkkkk President Lungu and not people Lungu
That is the name of the game, run when the president runs, clean when the president cleans, steal when the leader eats mwibala, dance dubuna reverse when the leader does so. Mr. President, you are always warning people and no action whatsoever, what do you expect from these minions? It is a shame that we are witnessing this kind of leadership of surrounding your self with cadres and bootlickers. Council workers dumped garbage at the council offices when you were in town. Why not fire all those nincompoops embarrassing you like that? It takes the president to go and unblock a drainage surely? Are we thinking properly as a country? This makes sad reading, fire these cadres and employ professionals twapapata.
Yes I read Nicky shibolyo’s article on running with the president. Nicky saw that the president wasn’t drinking water so he dumped his own water bottle! And some mayor praising Lungu for the drop in cholera
Read in between the lines.
First of all I cannot get up and go ku keep Zambia clean when I am not yet paid. Instead of paying us you people are busy occustrating buy elections then you come and tell us about keep Zambia clean. Yea people should resign if they have failed to perform Starting with balinakasaka kandalama.????
Abene ba Kasaka!
First Pay the workers and they will go back to work!
Threatening their supervisors with dismissals is rather not being honest with the truth!
Offload the kasaka and pay the workers all their Salary arrears!
You provincial minister, tell the man the truth! Why should you accept blame for something that is not your fault? Tell Mr Kasaka that service delivery has suffered following the go slow by council workers who have gone for months without pay! It’s very unjust and evil to keep workers without pay for months! What kind of leaders are you? No spine! Better to be fired for putting the truth as it is than to grovel and the feet of the clueless!
People of zambia, particularly residents of Kabwe. Let us not miss the point here. We are blaming the head of state. I think thats not correct. As much as some might hate him, cleanliness in the central bussiness district is a civic responsibility of the local civic leaders we elected. That blocked sewer line has been like that for a very long time. It hasn’t occurred during the 5 months period council workers have been un paid. No. No. Gentlemen we have .a Member of Parliament with councillors, we have the Mayor and the town clerk with the directors of health and engineering, we have the minister and the Provincial Permanent Secretary and the District Commisioner, and Lukanga water and sewerage company which collects sewerage charge as it bills residents and business houses…
I have saying this for too long now….fire some of these jokers.
There is no accountability. Nothing gets done.
Now you lungu are to blame. If you don’t make your ministers accountable , you should be held accountable.
Also ka miles Sampa and ka Vincent mwale. They have failed to keep Lusaka markets clean.
For once, not proud to be Zambian.
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Mushanga the provincial Minister lives in planet Jupiter hence no idea of the filthy kabwe town.
let professionals run professional bodies. Cadres will only worship you and tell you lies since that is their specularity. You will have yourself to blame
It is pleasing to notice MR B R Mumba,Sr and Mr Kudos have come to their senses and stopped this blind support for this thief.
You have failed to pay council workers for some months and you expect them to continue working to keep the town clean? No wonder they dumped garbage on your doorstep.
whats THE use of cleaning WHEN its not time to open a shop but athaz are selling coz opening time ts 10am & sumone will start selling b4 dat time.
what charges are are their.
Well observed ECL. This is the root cause in Zambia’s falling cleanliness standards – INEPT LOCAL LEADERSHIP, which includes MP’s, Town Clerks, councillors etc. Not all, but an uncomfortable majority. The Minister should have just kept quiet. He uttered very typically useless words from a guilty person.