Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Permanent Secretary, Beatrice Chilomo, is impressed with the successful implementation of the Food Security Pack (FSP) programme in Kaoma District of Western Province.
The Permanent Secretary, has commended the Department of Community Development in Kaoma for distributing FSP inputs to beneficiaries on time and implored all the districts to do the same.
Ms Chilomo says she is also impressed with the high production of FSP products in the district that include maize and ground nuts, and commended the beneficiaries for putting the inputs to good use and for their active participation in farming.
She was speaking in Namimbwe area of Kaoma where she visited FSP beneficiaries to check on their piggery project resulting from recoveries as well as farming activities.
“We are in Namimbwe community here in Kaoma to check on our FSP beneficiaries and we’re very happy with what we have seen, the groundnuts and maize we have which have been planted is proof that inputs were supplied.
“We urge all the districts to emulate the same, to the districts which don’t give inputs to beneficiaries, we are advising them to stop doing that and emulate what Kaoma has done,” she urged.
And, Ms Chilomo noted that the government has increased the FSP wetland caseload from 40, 000 to 120,000 beneficiaries as commitment to promote food security and improve people’s livelihoods in the country.
“The President has increased the wetland caseload from 40,000 to 120, 000 beneficiaries, a development meant to improve people’s lives,” she said.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary paid a courtesy call on Kaoma District Commissioner, Kashina Sheba, where various developmental programmes were discussed including early delivery of inputs, the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV), introduction of Keeping Girls in School as well as improving the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) urban payment to cover every beneficiary.
Ms Chilomo was on a familiarisation tour of Western Province specifically in Mitete, Lukulu, and Kaoma Districts to check on programmes being implemented by her ministry such as social cash transfer and food security pack among others.
Nyambe Chimwanga, a beneficiary of FSP in Namimbwe thanked the government for the empowerment, stating that the products will improve food security, nutrition and income in the area.
Currently, Kaoma District has 1,040 wetlands beneficiaries and 1,441 rain fed beneficiaries on the Food Security Pack programme.
