Chiawa ward councillor in Kafue district, Boniface Chiawa, has appealed to government to compel foreign investors in the area to fulfill their corporate social responsibility.
Mr Chiawa alleged that some foreign investors in the area have not fulfilled the corporate social responsibilities agreed upon with the local communities before they established their businesses.
The area councillor made the appeal when Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary, Stephen Bwalya, toured the area to inspect government developmental projects in Chieftainess Chiawa’s area in Kafue district.
Mr Chiawa said there is need for investors in the area to complement government’s efforts in contributing towards people’s welfare.
He claimed that some investors had earlier promised the local communities health and educational infrastructure including transport services but had not done so years after establishing their businesses.
The councillor has since called upon tour operators and other investors in the Game Management Area to ensure that the natural resources in the area begin to benefit the local people.
And Chitende High School Headmaster, Levy Matongo, has complained against local people in Chieftainess Chiawa’s area who have encroached into the school premises.
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Mr Matongo urged the local people to respect the school boundaries as the learning institution is earmaked for expansion in line with government’s vision 2030 of providing education for all.
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Time investors were told to commit to their promises…
What promises do you want them to fulfill? They are in Zambia to make umuseke, zoba, umuchanga, umukiboni, ifichele not to do any social whatever you are thinking of. That should be the duty of councils who in turn should prescribe a cut from whoever is in their area. For example, they should have something similar to council tax slaped on any property or on anyone renting a property. By virtue of those companies being in your area bwana Chiawa gives you the right to impose a form of a tax which if raised should not end up in your pocket but to address whatever it is you want those companies to be doing. If they do not want to pay, escort them out then devise other means of raising funds for social concerns.
An Investor is like suitor who says all nice things to a girl but after laying her he changes the stories and promises. So becareful when you select investors