Patriotic Front (PF) aspiring candidate for the parliamentary seat in Shiwang ‘andu Constituency in Muchinga Province, Steven Kampyongo has procured three mortuary refrigerators worthy of thousands of Kwacha.
ZANIS reports that the equipment is to be set up at the first-ever mortuary unit being constructed in Shiwang ‘andu district at Matumbo Rural Health Centre.
Shiwang ‘andu District Commissioner Evelyn Kangwa who received the mortuary equipment at Matumbo Rural Health Centre in Shiwang ‘andu yesterday says that since independence the District has had no mortuary.
“Soon Shiwang ‘andu will have a Mortuary Unit that will mitigate challenges that local people go through to ferry bodies of the deceased to the neighboring districts,” said Ms. Kangwa.
She said in a few years Shiwang ‘andu District has seen massive development taking shape, adding that in every Ward in the District now has a health facility.
Ms. Kangwa charged that with the number of developments dotted across the district and the country at large, it is proof enough that the Patriotic Front Government under the Leadership of President Edgar Lungu is hard working.
“Am confident that with tangible development spread throughout Shiwang ‘andu and the whole Nation, the PF Government will bounce back after the General elections,” said Ms. Kangwa.
And Matumbo Rural Health Centre Nurse in Charge Jeff Mutenda said the burden that people go through once a Mortuary unit is commissioned in Shiwang ‘andu district will be long gone.
“I would like to express gratitude to all stakeholders involved in ensuring that the construction mortuary unit project is a success and that the necessary equipment is set up, ” said Mr Mutenda.
The mortuary unit project whose works have reached an advanced stage, is being constructed at a total cost of 150, 000 using Constituency Development Funds(CDF).
Meanwhile, elated Shiwang ‘andu Residents have thanked that aspiring candidate for Shiwang ‘andu Constituency Steven Kampyongo for the gesture.
Clementina Kangwa in an interview said the expenditure on bereaved families to ferry dead bodies to Chinsali is very expensive but now with the coming of a mortuary Unit in the area, funeral expenses will be lessened.
Equally Sunday Mushili, a resident in the area , said that since the Patriotic Front Government came into power, massive infrastructure development has been escalating in Schools, roads and health facilities in the district.
Sad reading from the perspective that he has been mp for 5 years and just realized that the district needed those facilities after 5 yrs. Anyway good that it has finally come but what was your preoccupation in parliament if you knew there were no mortuary facilities in your constituence?
What a coincidence, less than two months before the election suddenly the MP for five years realize he is actually expected to deliver something to the constituency. Hypocritical???
Or does this maybe fall in the category of “vote buying”? Being part of the corrupt PF government surely doesn’t help…..
SHOCKING BLATANT PF >>> ALL THIS COMING AT THE END OF 5 YEARS
DOES THIS CHAP THINK WE STUPID ????????
SP + corruption = pf
All this period he hsnt done the, why now? He thinks those people are foolish ad its not him buying those item, he’s using tax payers money to fool those people that it’s him buying those item whn he’s not.
Don’t buy votes
ECZ is this allowed to buy votes. I forget he is PF
Kampyomgo’s arrogance as a public officer was nauseating and never again
Stolen money, is this mit tge duty of tge government to buy refrigerators for public mortuary?
PF ku wire!
Sontapo is working when it’s two months to
Go.What have they been doing during the whole term? It looks like PF MPs are seen to
Be working now as they want to be re-elected.
For 5 years he has been in govt and MP for that area he has been getting richer and fatter through corruption in the 5th year with months to polling day he notices there is no mortuary in the area and decides to use the money he stole from the people to build it, These useless politicians have no vision …we can not grow as a country with such people.
These are the deeds that make elections very costly on the treasury because they cause election petitions. The prospect of losing elections has cause the PF members to go into panic mode. The PF will learn lessons the hard way. We told you that ECL isn’t only ineligible but a very weak candidate as well. You can’t make such donations during campaigns. This shows how desparate the PF are. We haven’t forgotten that he signed the 42 million dollars wheelbarrow tender
God forbid! Let Kampyongo be the first one to test these refrigerators. To start with, this must be a government policy/MP as he was to identify and engage necessary authorities like Ministry of Health. Not inside an election period which automatically has abrogated the electoral code of vote buying. This is a by-election spot after the 12th if he wins.
These are hard working men. Thank you sir for being so generous. You are a very great man. Hh has failed to even build a toilet for mutinta hichilemas parents. I was shocked to see the state of that village when zp visited them
The question people in Zambia should ask is what is the role of the MP….Zambian politicians like this former Katondo St Currency Dealer Stephen Kampyongo are taking voters for morons: He is unable to tell the people about his govt policies or how to reduce the debt they have accrued.
This reminds of a story by Prof. Lumumba who stated that when he contested for an MP seat he campaigned day and night ..door to door telling the people what policies he was going to push through in Parliament to better their lives but on the last day of campaigns the incumbent MP returned from the capital after 5 years of absence and threw a big party dished out cash next day they voted him back in Parliament.
We need to educate our voters !!
Its unfortunate that Stephen Kampyongo did not realise the need for a mortury refridgeration unit at Matumbo Rural Health Centre. People should not be deceived the money came from Constituency development fund and its their money. The only thing which Stephen Kampyongo did was to facilitate. The former minister spend most the time pursuing the arrest of HH instead of delivering development to the people of Shiwangandu.
Villagers, if you not PF you go in mortuary, that’s the message.
Why should people in Shiwangandu die again? When is Kampyongo shipping in coffins?
Stop moderating, I didn’t say Kampyongo will be first to use that mortuary.
TO THE TR000LL k-Z AGAIN
WE DONT NEED TOILETS
BUCKETS ARE FINE SEEING YOU IN THE SEWERAGE BUSINESS
JUST DO THE WORK ALLOCATED TO YOU
Reason for nullification. Timing of donation poor.
Corruption with impunity at play. Zambians should demand an investigation into this sort of behaviour. These ministers are holding back development funds meant to develop other areas to prop themselves up during elections. Why can’t they just do their jobs in normal time rather than wait until it’s extra time just before an election? Where did he get the money from? Zambians seriously need to wake up from this zombie state we are in.
PF gas been in power for 10 yrs and only delivering mortuary facilities now? The man is truly decampaiging his party. Kuya bebele
@5, actually it is UPND + HH Lust= satan.
This is surely unfair. I have been running countless projects while in office. PF has made an impact in alot of areas even the MMD failed to develop. Brothers and Sisters this Zambia is for all of us. I understand some of you may be bitter but overlook some issues. Nobody is perfect. As PF steps down this coming election my district surely will have been impacted in a good way. One Zambia, One Nation.