CHIEF Macha of the Tonga of Choma has threatened to expose government officers in Southern Province who are bent on frustrating a programme on sanitation being sponsored by both government and UNICEF.
Closing a one week provincial workshop on Community Led Total Sanitation, Chief Macha warned that he would report all any government officers failing to support sanitation programme to higher authorities so that they are disciplined.
The workshop was also attended by chiefs Sekute and Moomba of Kazungula district as well as chieftainess Bedyango of Chief Mukuni’s area.
He said the Community Led Total Sanitation Programme is not a UNICEF programme but a government one which must be embraced by all government institutions.
Chief Macha, who is chairperson for the Choma Joint Monitoring Team on Sanitation, reminded provincial heads of departments who shunned the one week workshop held at Zambezi Altima hotel in Livingstone that as government officers they were duty bound to support the programme being implemented under the ministry of local government.
He said him and government officers from Choma had travelled to Livingstone specifically to share experiences and knowledge on the success story of the Community Led Total Sanitation programme in Choma.
Chief Macha said the sanitation revolution in southern province will not be frustrated in any body.
He said it was disappointing to note that only two out of the 25 departmental heads had managed to attend the workshop.
The workshop had been convened to constitute a provincial joint monitoring team on sanitation that will spearhead sanitation activities in the province.
But southern province UNICEF monitoring officer Leonard Mukosha said the Choma district Joint Monitoring Team on Sanitation will have to be elevated to provincial status so that the thrust on sanitation activities that already been achieved is not lost.
And speaking earlier, UNICEF specialist on sanitation, Dr Gibson Zulu disclosed that the UNN agency has procured vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles to scale up the sanitation campaign in Kazungula district.
Dr Zulu said transport will be given to the district as soon as the Choma district team on sanitation builds capacity in institutions in Kazungula.
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Just expose them… dont even waste time….
Spill the beans Macha if you have it, why send out a warning?
Don’t waste time warning when are doing wrong just expose a few and will move smoothly
Why hreaten them, just expiose them so that I know what is happening.
Chief, what are you waiting for? Just name and shame them.