The owners of Horizon schools located in Kabulonga area have commenced legal action against the state over the compulsorily acquisition and sale of the land on which the school sits.
Lands and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata has however confirmed that the land on which horizon schools sit has been compulsorily acquired by the state in Public Interest as the Land acquisition Act empowers the president to compulsorily acquire any land whenever he is of the opinion that it is desirable to do so in the interest of the republic.
Mrs Kapata has however refuted allegations that the land has been sold to a Chinese investor to build a shopping mall as the lands acquisition act does not allow compulsory acquisition of land for private purpose.
She said the government gazette notice number 6814 of 15th November, 2019 does not state anywhere that the President has personal interest in the land.
Ms Kapata added that government has no intention to disrupt the operations and curriculum of the school after the process of compulsory acquisition.
She said in a statement that it is strange that the same school which has taken the matter to court is now seeking to discuss the matter through the media.
There you have it. we have a govt of crooks. The Mukula thieves will not rest until they ransack everything right in front of our eyes
Honestly this is very bad news for anyone that owns land in Zambia.
Is there a precedent? Have previous presidents ever done this before? Without even giving a reason?
Lungu is telling us he can grab any land from anyone at anytime !
I pray the courts order in favour of the owner. I think this issue is personal. Very personal in fact.
I am shocked that Lungu can be this vindictive. Why can he not just find another piece of land for what ever he wants to do?
Mukula thieves at it again.
my country is sophisticated. so it’s true that land was acquired. how do people get this data. so all the way from ministry of lands to councils., it’s leakages through and through.
Now you have even started grabbing land which is on title and acquired legally. This is what makes investors run away taking their dollars with them leading to the depreciation of the kwacha.
Me shocked to the core.
Whose land next? HH? You the reader?
For thousands of years, man has respected another man’s land. And now this?
I pray Lungu backtracks and stop this practice of grabbing things that do not belong to him. He has form for this.
Eagerly waiting for comment from H.E. He He.
In Sibuyunji district, named senior party officials (with one person from state house) are threatening & harassing indigenous people and asking them to vacate that land as it has been given to them (PF officials). Poor villagers had their maize graded using a Bull dozzer. I’m not trying to e tribal but indigenous people have the right to live where they are. the same way you can’t go to lamba land and ask those lambas to vacate that land is the same way you can’t just walk into shuyunji and ask the salas to leave that land for your selfish interest. when it comes to land, let indigenous people be given preference. Ban the sale of land to foreigners, that is the main cause of all the land wrangles
…. and the reason for the compulsory acquisition?
Now which sensible private investor would consider risking investing in the zambian economy when you have a government that can willy nilly grab your land? And you wonder why your useless kwacha is going down the toilet drain?
Either a half truth or downright lies. These chaps are totally untrustworthy. Be it mukula, forest 27, game animals, 49 houses etc etc, so far they have no t told us anything to clear the air, they believe that we have forgotten because Zambians have short memories, what a mistake! They are just collecting evidence, it’s certainly not short memories. If I were this woman I would have resigned and save my skin. You remember that minister of lands in Chiluba government, Gladys Nyirongo I think it was? I bet she was innocent but….
They say “Destroying a nation does not require use of atomic bombs, it only requires lowering the quality of EDUCATION”.
In what capacity would your government run the school or any school for that matter? Haven’t you messed up enough? Your Universities are a mockery, with lecturers that are never paid. Why do you hate yourselves so much mwebantu?
The money the make and the trips the travel abroad , pse clean yr teeth , wat are using the money for , it’s very embarrassing to see leaders with dirty teeth wen the have wives and side chicks to advise their looks