Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Tuesday Bwalya has commended local contractors for delivering quality works on Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Lavushimanda District.
Dr Bwalya encouraged contractors to maintain the standard of works across Muchinga Province and in Lavushimanda District.
The Permanent Secretary said this when he toured CDF projects in Lavushimanda district.
Among the projects inspected were a 1 by 2 Early Childhood Education facility, a community radio station, a maternity annex and a mortuary at Mpumba Mini Hospital.
Dr Bwalya stated that the infrastructure projects are of good quality.
“So, we just want to encourage the contractors to continue putting up quality works in Muchinga Province, also in our district here,” he said.
Dr Bwalya directed the Department of Engineering under Lavushimanda Town Council to continue supervising works on CDF projects to ensure contractors sustain quality works.
Dr Bwalya stressed the need to follow proper procurement procedures, adding that projects should be procured at the right price and delivered on time.
And Lavushimanda District Director Health Services Rodrigue Kamunga highlights that using CDF, the health sector has been impacted positively through construction of a number of Health facilities and maternity annexes.
Dr Kamunga said the district has recorded an increase in the number of mother’s delivering from health facilities unlike in the past where mothers opted to deliver from their homes due to lack of maternity annexes.
Lavushimanda resident Loster Mwinkwa and Mpumba Mini Hospital Mortuary Attendant Alexander Mupeta said residents previously faced hardships due to the lack of a mortuary at the facility.
Ms Mwinkwa said before the mortuary was built, some families with financial challenges were forced to keep bodies of their deceased loved ones at home.
“With the mortuary now in place, once someone dies the body is taken to the mortuary within our proximity, which lessens the burden of bereaved families,” she said.
She thanked Government for constructing the facility using CDF, noting that it has enhanced the dignity of the deceased through proper storage.
Mr Mupeta, who expressed gratitude for his employment at the facility, said bodies were previously taken to either Mpika or Chilonga, which proved costly for bereaved families.
