The construction of Five thousand housing units for civil servants in Kazungula District is expected to commence early next year.
The government has earmarked to construct housing units in Kazungula District of Southern Province aimed at averting the current shortage of accommodation faced by workers in the District.
Leedsfit Holdings a local based company has entered in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with government to construct among other things, five thousand housing units and all amenities.
Leedsfit Holding Director Kelvin Situmbeko disclosed when he paid a courtesy call on Kazungula Deputy Council Secretary that his company is ready to undertake the construction project.
Mr Situmbeko expressed gratitude towards government for having accorded his company an opportunity to undertake the project.
He described the housing project as a commercial opportunity to turn around the face of Kazungula District.
He observed that the proposed development has a wide scope of benefits from both international and local perspective and that local employment will be created as well as skills transfer.
And Kazungula Deputy Council Secretary Rutherford Nduli was excited that the project will ease the accommodation hardships that public workers face.
Mr. Nduli said the lack of decent accommodation has made some workers to commute from Livingstone to Kazungula on a daily basis.
He has since assured management of Leedsfit of government support to the project as evidenced by Cabinet’s approval of the project.
Mr Nduli disclosed that documents at the council indicate land availability as well as a Memorandum of agreement between central government and the local authority with regards the housing project.
Izo nchito zawonekela ba Zed, form cooperatives and apply to construct houses and toilets, u ve more than capable planners, civil engineers, bricklayers and carpenters including banamazayi – apply for the tenders cos HH we hire Chinese firms anymore for jobs like these.
The favouring of Southern province to the expense of other provinces has commenced. We warned you
Moderating me? You will die
The favouring of Southern province to the expense of other provinces has commenced. We warned you bane
I suppose the new Luangwa bridge proposed to be built by the Japanese is also in Southern Province. This time there will be no selective development agendas going forward. One very good example is the ample CDF which will cater for real development irrespective of district or province.
Just disappear on this page. your comment do not add any value to Zambian society. Lungu upgrade Lusaka -Chipata road which is of less value to the nation. how many goods come from Malawi going to the rest of country or Africa. You decided not to develop Southern province because you hated Tongs for not giving you votes. Most trucks from South Africa are using Kazungula now. It makes sense to build infrastructure at Kazungula. Look at the Biet bridge border, both at both sides development because of their strategically point in term of ecomony.
5000 houses in the desert?
Where will 5000 civil servants get employed?
Say no to Top Down leadership. If the Government builds these houses they should not be different from the houses they are living in.
If the Government builds these houses they should not be different from the houses they are living in.
lets see if it’s going to reflect the G7 summit Just ended.
“A green economy is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. … UN Environment promotes a development path that understands natural capital as a critical economic asset and a source of public benefits, especially for poor people whose livelihoods depend on natural resources”
Was an electric car included in your plans?
@ 3 Nostradamus in the desert? There is a new multimillion dollar bridge there and that region will expand faster than you blink. besides its on the banks of the Zambezi river where 4 countries converge
That is a very huge project and I don’t think that possible because 5,000 housing units for a small district like Kazungula that will be too much. I am certain the number of units was overstated because even the previous once Mighty PF govt did not attain that number units for Defence and Security services.
KZ you can either just relocate to Southern Province full stop it’s one Zambia stop complaining.
There is simply no off-take capacity for public housing under the PPP model. Public sector activity in the district is also very thin. One needs to first think about developing commercial infrastructure to create the appetite for housing off take. Wont happen, simple.
This is a good idea, the new government is working, don’t lie that it was a project under PF, it is ours as new dawn. Before I forget why does Amos like insulting, the way he insulted Kambwili in the past, he is now insulting law enforcement agencies , can some body do what Lungu failed to do – sit him down and try to pump some thinking in the chap