The Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Makoza Chikote, has strongly criticized veterinary officers in Western Province for their inadequate response to vaccination campaigns, particularly in Shang’ombo district.
Expressing his dissatisfaction, Minister Chikote highlighted his concern that, despite the ongoing vaccination campaigns, the veterinary department has not administered any vaccines against Contagious Bovine Pleural Pneumonia (CBPP) to cattle in Shang’ombo district.
The government’s overarching goal is to vaccinate all cattle in Western Province against CBPP, making the lack of progress in Shang’ombo particularly alarming to the Minister. Shang’ombo, being highly dependent on the livestock industry, is a focal point for vaccination efforts.
Minister Chikote has directed the provincial administration to take immediate action to ensure that the veterinary department initiates and accelerates the vaccination process against CBPP in Shang’ombo.
During his visit to Shang’ombo district, Minister Chikote conveyed his concerns while paying a courtesy call on the District Commissioner. The District Commissioner, Mubita Siyamana, echoed the concerns, lamenting the absence of vaccination campaigns in the district.
Siyamana emphasized that, while the veterinary department has been active in collecting blood samples, there has been a notable lack of progress in terms of administering vaccinations against CBPP. The collective call from Minister Chikote and Commissioner Siyamana underscores the urgency of addressing the situation to safeguard the health and well-being of the region’s cattle population.
ARREST BRIAN MUSHIMBA OVER THE FAKE TRAFFIC CAMERAS WITH THE LEBANESE. He’s worth over $1.5 million boasting of buying a $500,000 house in the USA. Extradite him.
@Lameck Banda: A $500, 000 house is not that much of a house in the US anymore, as wanton capitalism in the last few has driven an inflation in which houses that were bought for $150, 000 now are cost over $470, 000. The US financial system has been reorganised to effect a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. The top 1% also got more money than they know what to do with under the various favourable schemes pushed by Donald Trump. What they did was then go and buy up houses, driving up prices. They then turned around and rented these houses to the middle class at outrageous rates. Do not worry, this mofo will now have to pay US $15, 000 every year in property taxes for ever.
Just go and do the job yourself. There could be logistical problems out there. So instead of talking from your air-conditioned office, get off your bum and visit the area.
@Deja Vu: I agree. He needs to go there and look. If he finds that people are not doing their work, he needs to fire them on the spot. On the other hand, if he is the one not doing his work, he needs to be fired on the spot.
Zambian Governance including HH specializes in resisting putting to use the best agricultural brains and embracing any lawyer or teacher like Chikote or an economist like Mtolo to manage agriculture science based portfolio ministries . We have the likes of Proffessor Kalinda, Dr. Edify Hamukale, Mr Chance Kabaghe, Max Mbunji, Dr Anthony Mwanaumo, Dr. Estacio Kazonga and others all conveniently ignored to accommodate reactive and average brains that are friendly and SAFE TO USE BUT NOT ACHIEVING favorite’s to the new dawn regime like teacher chikote.
That’s the working culture in government, nothing new.
NOT ONLY THIS GRZ BUT ALL PAST ONES
Always aportioning blame on others, when infact he is not intouch with reality