The Kabwe Municipal Council has bought a waste collection machine worth K300 million.
Kabwe Mayor, Jerry Chama ,confirmed the development in an interview with ZANIS in Kabwe today. He said the money used to purchase the machine came from the Ministry of Local Government and Housing.
“When we were given this money we saw it proper to buy the machine so it would be easy for waste collection in our communities,” he said.
Mr Chama said the machine would be able to pump the waste materials in the community and help reduce water-borne diseases.
He said the community would be asked to pay a fee through their representatives for them to use the equipment.
“The fee will be decided upon soon after the council meeting where we will sit and come up with the price that would be suitable for the community to pay,” he said.
Mr.Chama said the money that would be collected would be used for servicing the machine, buying fuel, and paying the operator.
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Thats good for my birth town turned ghost.keep it up.
Kabwe should also get the skull of Broken Hill man back from England. Thats skull is part of Zambia’s history and I dont know why it went to a British Museum.
its nice 4 kabwe council to collect garbage, i wish other councils can do the same. pls councils all over zambia join kabwe instead of just stealing the money, do something usefull 4once
It is good news that some development in waste management is coming. How ever i hope the machine will not rot just like the graders and other road construction equipment that were bought by late president Mwanasa are doing. The council has given plot to people in Mpima area and Luangwa but no roads have been constructed despiote the fact that the council has all the equipment at its disposal. I feel very bad that the council is more willing to have the equipment hired to other constructor instead of them performing the civic duties of constructing roads and other facilities. God help us, who wil save this nation?
This is good news from Kabwe, which I still consider a sub city whose development has been arrested for a long time.
#2 Mikomfwa you have a good point there. I wonder why our leaders don’t bother to raise such issues while in office. What are they scared of? We need to take back what rightfully belongs to us just like Egypt has done in bringing back it’s sarcophags and relics from the British & German museums.
A one in many to think of a wise way to keep cities free from filth.Congrats to Kabwe city council.
Kabwe my beloved Home town. They have tried even the government to get the broken hill man but the British have kept on isisting that its theirs too.
I love the development for waste management. more beens for litter are needed around the sububs. And it would be good if the council can sell bins to every home where people can buy them like hire purchase as they pay for the service they pay for the bin.Or they can rent out bins which would bring an income to the council.
Well #5 and #7 Lets start the petition right now. Bring back Broken Hill Man. LT can you cover this?
#2 Walasa, that skull (Broken Hill Man) must be brought back to Zambia so many people can also see it, imagine how many people would visit the meseum if that skull was brought back to Zambia. Its a pity that most of the attraction found in these European meseums actually come from Africa yet in Africa we the owners do not even have the prevaledge to see them. We have to pay a lot of cash to see such things that come from Africa.
Abasungu nibakabolala saana! It would be a taboo to find something that was discovered in Europe brought to Africa. About the Kabwe municipal council, its really good news for the people of Kabwe to see a council dedicated to work and insure that the town is kept clean.
#2 and #9, what do you think our government is going to do with it. It will probably end up in a witch craft portion somewhere. Let us first build museums and libraries before we start mouthing off about things we are incapable of looking after. Look how the Egyptian politicians have corruptly enriched themselves by selling antiquities from the ‘Valey of Kings’. I would like to see well run museums and libraries first. I wonder if you can even find books like Inkwashi, Pio na Vera, etc. in any library in Zambia!!
VERY GOOD INVESTMENT, KABWE TOWN. MAKE SURE THAT THE GABAGE (RUBBISH) DISPOSAL IS ALSO PROPERLY DONE. GABAGE MANAGEMENT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL TOWNS IN ZAMBIA. BY THE WAY, PEOPLE HAS LIVINGSTONE GABAGE COLLECTION TRUCKS? I NEED TO KNOW, PLEASE.
Me personally I can’t see any logical for the council to come up with the price that the community shud be payin for the work done by the machine…Environmental policies shud benefitial to the community and not the other way round…
looking at the waste management in Zed domestic disposal is far less from industrial contamenation, including Kabwe and its no big contraversy to push industrial companies to compensate for domestic waste…
If our Environmental Council can sit down and develop modern techniques to tackle pollution and contamination our communities are goin to be free from pollutants…
This is really good news.Am also glad to know the council in Kabwe is back on its feet,not so long ago,there was literally no one working apart from the Council Administrator.
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What we should worry about is how they collect that fee,in developed nations,it’s collected through what is called Council tax or in Zambia what they refer to as Rates.This is paid directly to the council.Because the system of governance is centralised in Zambia,it is difficult to manage things locally due to inadequate funding etc so i wouldn’t see anything wrong if the council plans a separate fee,am glad the decentralisation programme was started,it needs speeding up so that local authorities can make their own plans & effect them without waiting for the central govt to authorise.It’s better the councils are funded according to their budget ie given an allocation each financial year other than keep requesting for various funds every day.
#13,14 Jigga sorry, I mistook your picture for Suge Knight!