The Lusaka City Council(LCC) has called on members of the public to cooperate with the people managing burial sites whenever they are allocated places to bury their loved ones.
Mr Sichimba says the local authority is doing everything possible to help bereaved families bury their loved ones according to the burial spaces that can be found at the two operational graveyards which are also full.
He told ZANIS in an exclusive interview that the Chunga graveyard has been completely closed while Chingwere and Leopards Hill cemeteries which are being used only has infuse spaces between old graves.
“The Local Authority’s jurisdiction in looking for land ends at district level and currently a ministerial committee involving the ministries of Land, Home affairs and Local government has been formed to look into the matter,“ said Mr Sichimba.
He has however, expressed optimism that the committee would help Lusaka City Council to find land from nearby districts that would be used for members of the public to bury their loved ones.
“You know our powers in looking for land ends within the district, but we are hoping that the formation of this ministerial group will help us find land as soon as possible, “Mr Sichimba explained.
There has been concerns from members of the public over the shortage of burial spaces in Lusaka where bereaved families are using small spaces between old graves to bury their loved ones while others are allegedly burying on top of old graves.
It is sad that this should happen when people like hh who took unfair advantage of our assets through privatisation, own thousands of acres of land. I say we should grab them and turn them into cemeteries.
Kaizar you see how stup1d your claim that you have managed Covid 19 better than the Americans is? Why are your graveyards full? That is the true toll of Covid 19 which your Dr Chitalu has been hiding from everyone.
Look at that cader above , wanting to grab and turn profitable business that employs hundreds into graveyards ???
Lungu and his elk learned well from Mugabe…….
We would suggest introducing cheap , even free creamations…..after all 90% of graveyards are left unattended and forgotten
In other news, in a small counrty in south central Africa a humble drunard visionless scared little dictators daughter Asila Ungu has fenced off an entire forest. Local government have begged Asila to discuss the way forward. She has been given till August 21/2021 to come up with a punishment for herself.
Who is Mr Sichimba? How do you post an article without giving the man proper introduction.
As for land…we all know that corrupt PF cadres and councillors have sold off every patch of council land.
Most deaths in Lusaka are unnecessary. And why Lusaka has the highest mortality rate on earth?
Stop death first. Nobody should die, we wish some PF ministers death, just because they are bad, but we don’t mean real DEATH. For example: Chitalu Chilufya is no more, he has pass on, but NOT dead.
Stop looking for land. First STOP people from dying.
Once you bury Honey Bees Pharmacy, people will stop dying.
Kz, is wright lets grab some land from the
thief privatiser and turt it into grave. Kz i like your thinking nowander you are the director of intelligence.
Kaiser everything is about HH , your days are coming mate this might not be this year but sure your days are on the way and am looking forward to that and hope covid does not catch you but the law.
There is population boom in Lusaka, and lack of proper planning by the city council, busy selling land to the Chinese. Lusaka residents soon will start burying their loved ones in , chisamba, Luangwa, Mazabuka etc . Graveyards in Lusaka will be for the wealthy who can afford to buy allotments. So sad.
Iwe Kaizar, get the land that you’ve auctioned to your Chinese master….atase
KA
Iwe kaizer Zulu bring back the millions of dollars you stole and continue to steal. Everything has an end. You will scamper from Zambia one day. Greater pipo then you have fallen so what more you a ka nothing
From June 2020 – Dec 2020 BID´s 4000 only at the hospitals in Lusaka. Covid-19 have take many many lives, But the official death toll from Covid-19 r is only 471 for all Zambia.
Cremation should be encouraged now. Late David Phiri, late Manasseh Phiri and late Willa Mung’omba hv already shown us the way. I’m considering it in my will.
Is that what you can think?