DC calls on LCC to actively engage District Works Supervisor

Lusaka District Commissioner, Rosa Kayuni, has called on the local authority to engage end users of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects and the District Works Supervisor at all stages of the project implementation phase if quality infrastructure is to be attained.

Ms Kayuni explained that it is the mandate of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development to supervise and manage all building infrastructure through the District Works Supervisor in the district.

She was speaking during a two day second and third quarter integrated meeting for the Department of Health in Lusaka.

“Before you hand over any infrastructure, engage the end user department and the District Works Supervisor under my office, he is in charge of all the building infrastructure in the district,” she said.

Meanwhile, Lusaka City Council Public Health Assistant Director, Tito Hampango, bemoaned the lack of burial space in the district.

Mr Hampango also disclosed that the local authority issued more than 400 burial permits in the last quarter.

He said Lusaka City Council issues between 50 to 55 burial permits every day.

“The cheapest burial space in the district is about K25,000, and our local people cannot afford such an amount,” he said.

He has since appealed to the District Commissioner’s Office and other stakeholders to help source for land to be used as a burial site for the district.