Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people has commended government for looking into the welfare of traditional leaders in the country.
The traditional leader said this is an indication that government values their contributions to the development of the country.
He noted that government has always been consulting traditional leaders whenever it wants to bring development to chiefdoms.
“Every time the government wants to bring development in our area, it always consults traditional leaders to ensure that we also have an input,” he said.
ZANIS reports that Paramount Chief Chitimukulu said this when Malole Member of Parliament, Christopher Yaluma paid a courtesy call on him at his palace in Mungwi district.
The traditional leader also thanked President Lungu for empowering traditional leaders in the province with transport.
He said almost all the chiefs in Northern Province have received vehicles while their village headmen have been given bicycles, to ease the challenges of transportation.
And Mr Yaluma who is also Minister of Commerce has reiterated government’s commitment to engaging traditional leaders in delivering development.
He said the President understands the role that traditional leaders play in fostering development in their localities.
Mr Yaluma further encouraged traditional leaders in the country to support the Patriotic Front (PF) administration for it to continue delivering development.
“There has been no government apart from the Patriotic Front government which has paid so much attention to the needs of traditional leaders,” he said.
Later, Mr Yaluma handed over 30 bicycles to the Bemba Royal Establishment which were donated by President Edgar Lungu.
“In the United States, the government operates under a principle called federalism. Two separate governments, federal and state, regulate citizens. The federal government has limited power over all fifty states. State governments have the power to regulate within their state boundaries.”
Federal Government
Make money Declare war Manage foreign relations Oversee trade between states and with other countries.
State Government
Ratify amendments Manage public health and safety Oversee trade in the state.
PF time out.
Provinces needs to rectify make right what is wrong,” rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.
“Party Cadre” Chitimukulu
And some useless tribal leader from monze is busy cheating his followers that he is winning in August. You cannot win an election in Zambia without the support of big chiefdoms such as these. Amen
Chitimukulu is lending a helping hand to Lungu. He cannot bear to see HH in office. He has seen the writing on the wall. It will be Sata v2.0.
Chitimukulu does not seem to realise that chiefs and headmen ARE government. Yaluma also is ignorant. Saying, “There has been no government apart from the Patriotic Front government which has paid so much attention to the needs of traditional leaders,”is the same as saying that there is no government that has looked after ministers as the PF government. YOU are government!
HH will give the headmens motor bikes to ease their movements, a bicycle is a mockery.
The article leaves the truth for the last paragraph: Chitimukulu was bought for a mere 30 cheap chinese bicycles with Lungu’s photo on it! And you won’t call that corruption?
A few hundred years ago it was salt,guns, and mirrors. Now it is cars and bicycles. African Chiefs have always been sell-outs.
Kaizer Zulu are you going to say anything about how handsome is the bemba chief.
This PF cadre is so handsome together with kaizer Zulu
This man is a disgrace to the Chief Chitimukulu throne which we have known to be a respected traditional ruler of the Bemba people.. Surely, if Mr Lungu brings you a vehicle and ‘kasaka ka Ndalama’ impliess all traditional rulers in Zambia are well looked after. What a sham of a chief.