Chirundu District Commissioner Patrick Kasambila has implored public service workers, business entities and Chirundu residents in general to embrace the revived “Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign” in order to keep the border town clean.
And Chirundu Town Council Secretary, Laura Munkanta has disclosed that the local authority is looking at innovative ways of enticing residents to participate fully in the “Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign”.
Meanwhile, Chirundu District Administrative Officer, O’Neill Chiiya is calling on the local authority to seriously consider sanctioning erring business owners who deliberately refuse to get involved in the exercise.
ZANIS reports that Mr. Kasambila said a clean environment is a catalyst for supporting human development and socio-economic development as citizens are healthy and productive.
He explained that the campaign is a ‘’multisectoral programme’’ that has incorporated all key stakeholders including residents.
The Chirundu District Commissioner said this during the ‘’Weekly Senior Management Meeting’’ held at the Chirundu Town Council Civic Centre Chamber’’ today.
Mr. Kasambila has since tasked the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) and the local radio station, ‘’Modern Voice Radio’’ to enhance publicity of the programme so that many residents are sensitized on the benefits of a clean environment.
He has however expressed disappointment with the conduct of some business houses, traders and local residents in general who have continued to shun the exercise that is meant to augment the efforts of Chirundu Town Council in keeping the district clean.
The District Commissioner pointed out that the exercise that is held every last Saturday of each month is premised on the principle that a ‘’Clean, Green and Healthy’’ environment is a catalyst for socio-economic and human development.
He hailed the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through the Chirundu Town Council’s tireless efforts in reviving the exercise which people seem to have forgotten.
Mr. Kasambila further hailed Chirundu Town Council for establishing designated solid waste dumping points dotted across the district that have contributed to curbing indiscriminate dumping of garbage by residents.
And Chirundu Town Council Secretary Laura Munkanta has disclosed that the local authority is in the process of designing some innovative ways that will entice residents to participate fully in the “Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign”.
Mrs. Munkanta said the council is thinking of starting to reward business entities and households whose premises and houses are kept clean in order to encourage others to do so.
She further disclosed that the council is currently studying the Statutory Instrument (SI), the Public Health Act and other subsidiary regulations that can be used to penalize and compel those shunning the exercise.
Mrs. Munkanta implored marketers, mobile money booth owners, truck park inns, business entities and Chirundu residents to ensure that they keep their premises and surroundings clean.
Late last year, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo re-launched the “Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign” in Lusaka where he has since directed the Lusaka City Council to be holding the exercise bi-weekly in order to clean the historic garbage in the Capital City.
Mr. Nkombo further directed Lusaka City Council to ensure that it reclaims back its status as a ‘’Greater City of Lusaka’’ so that this can also have a positive domain effort on other local all local authorities countrywide.
This is how a responsible leader should behave. Some districts have abandoned the event because it was a DICTATORIAL IMPOSITION BY EDGAR LUNGU. Others have been doing it while looking over their shoulders. Hygiene is life. It has no political connection. Keep it DC.
If u don’t make littering a punishable nuisance, forget about it, thank you.
PUT UP SIGNS
EDUCATE PEOPLE
AND GET RID OF THE 2 HOURS CLOSING ON LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AS
IT SERVES NO PURPOSE AS WE BACK TO SQUARE ONE IN THE AFTERNOON
PLUS BUSINESS IS LOST
Upnd members are very dirty people. Even their president cannot even merely cut his hair. Scruffy president. Under pf we had good cleaning initiatives
This is all a temporary effort……..
As soon as you turn the other way , litter is thrown indiscriminately…………
Introduce a ethics, morals, environmental and labour subject at primary school……
In less than 1 year after the grade 7 primary school students leave primary school, you will notice a difference………
The late Magufuli in Tanzania set an example by going into town to help out clean the roads.. If I were the LGM I would direct local athoties in various towns to recruit more loofing youths and take them around 03:00 hours for cleaning Tuesday morning,Thursday morning and on Sunday afternoon when they there are less crowds of people and traffic in our major Towns.
Why is Zambia so dirty? Because Zambians are DIRTY people!
Why is Zambia so dirty? Because Zambians are DIRTY people!
TRUE !!!
TAKE KZ FOR EXAMPLE HE SPEWS GARGABE FROM HIS MONTH CONSTANTLY
Tikki aka tarino fuseke
Jokers! every time its launching and re-launching the keep Zambia clean campaign,when are you going to be serious you chaps,Lusaka CBD for example is very dirty and the so called Local government minister and Lusaka Mayor are doing nothing about it!
Dirty streets are an embarrassment to all of us. Why do we need the government to be involved in telling us to take our trash to a bin? Often times you see people driving clean cars, open their window and toss trash outside like it’s normal.
Throwing trash into drains seems normal. And every effing rain season we are complaining about blockages and crying for help.
An embarrassment.
As long as street vending remains uncontrolled, this shall always be a dirty country.