Sinjembele Member of Parliament Mubika Mubika has objected to the proposal by the Road Development Agency (RDA) to construct a new road from Senanga to Shangombo.
Mr. Mubika says the new road would be an expensive venture compared to rehabilitating the existing roads.
He pointed out that the venture would entail the construction of two bridges on the Zambezi River and importation of new earth moving machines.
Mr. Mubika explained that the new road is an 80 km stretch while the established road is much shorter.
The lawmaker noted that the proposed new road would disadvantage the welfare of the people in his constituency as transport costs to ferry their goods would be doubled thereby retarding development in the area.
Mr. Mubika , who is also Communications and Transport Deputy Minister said government is in a hurry to accelerate development hence the proposal by the RDA is misplaced.
He said the old Senanga to Shangombo road has enhanced the quick delivery of goods and services and advised the RDA to concentrate on maintaining the same road as opposed to unnecessary capital projects.
The Senanga/Shangombo road connects Sioma, Kalongola, Nagweshi and sub-boma with well established government infrastructures.
The RDA is reported to have approved the construction of the new road to be funded by the Danish government.
Meanwhile, the Mboyiwa feeder road has been washed away by floods experienced in Shangombo district.
Sinjembele Member of Parliament Mubika Mubika confirmed the development to ZANIS in an interview.
Mr. Mubika said culverts have been swept away and the people now using banana boats to ferry their goods across to the other side of the road.
good thinking ba mwine
Anyway, you need more roads and outlets. It’s this type of thinking that has made Lusaka the poorly designed city it is today. There is only one route to move from Chelstone/Woodlands/Kabwata to Kafue and that is what causes massive congestion at Kafue round about during pick hours and all the police human resource is being wasted to just flag traffic congestion. Besides what if the road you are talking about gets washed away, we need back up roads. Anyway RDA go aheard and build the next damn road. Future generations will thank you.
you are right#2, i think RDA enginers knows the advantages of a new road to the old one despite the expences and the distance. Lets have 2 roads the new and old so that all the areas will have atleast some means of road communication, i mean those who will be proximal to either of the 2 roads.
No 1. You are very stupid and dull.
I new road will be good and will last longer and will be better than rehabilitating the damaged road. Money should not be a problem as building a new road is a sign of development.
Common guys lets’ move forward with proper development.
If this is the way our MP think I am better of living in Zimbabwe.
yes #1 is very stupid i cant believe people like him still exit.there is nothing wrong with building another road.This MP, all he wants is to save some money so he can have enough to steal, am tired of ignorant MPs who dont even understand the meaning of been an MP .people like this fool (mp)are the ones who are making Zambia poor and undeveloped.He needs to be voted out the next elections.
Why does the minister talk like he is the one to provide the money from his pocket?
the money is coming from the danes, and it will be a new road, not a rehabilitated old one
Comeon Guys,why oppose the new road thing?What is development?Let there be a new road and the old be maintained.Why do you have to depend on one?
So much cash is being provided by the donors ,let it work
If the reasons are engineering related then the RDA is right, if they are economic, then the MP is right, what is the point of doing a new road simply because someone else will fund it what will happen to the maintenance costs of the new road, the EU will fund a third road??? simple mathematics, is this a bilatetral loan or a grant from Danida in which case they would love to make more money than a cheaper loan. This is likened to chitemene system, clear a piece of land, plant crop in one season the following season you move on to another piece befoe you know it you will have a desert, now the distance is 80km, before long we will have to access shangombo from Angola, be less emotional guys!
Stupid Deputy minister.
lets support Mubika no need for a new road. ala tuleufwa kubatu abekalako….
no new road please. floods should be taken into consideration…ala kwaliba abeshi uku tekwangala…
Remember mongu kalabo road. contrator with money in pocket ran away…
Those who have been zea this time we are talking yo cant reach shangombo through senanga by road coiz of floods. please lets listern to mubika……Imwe mweba lozi speak out please omn this one….You are gud pipo, tumita haulu….
Dont be planning in lusaka please go on the ground and listern to what pipo want..Donor yo money is going to be washed by the Zambezi if you wont go and tolk to pipo.
Remember mongu-kalabo project….kaya
I salute da minister lets just maintain da old road
no 8..Are you lozi truelly…iwe uliku china. Shutup yo are not on the ground.
Bamubika take those engeeneers to shangombo now so that the can go and see how the place is flooded…
bravo mubika
Gentlemen, It wont be fair for us to deprive ourselves with developmemtal progress. It is now time for Zambia to start afresh and build things from scratch. I dont care if the project takes 20 years to be completed but all i know is that it will eventually be completed and the Zambian people will benefit and their lives will be made easier.
#11. Support crap for what! Let as be realistic here. No wonder the vehicle congestion in town is pathetic because of you individuals who dont think at all.
# 6, Our ministers always talk as though they will be the ones to provide money. Remember the leaders that killed a recommendation to build a new stadium as opposed to rehabilitating Independence Stadium? They said it would be expensive to build a new stadium! You know what? In 2015 or 2020, you still WILL need a new stadium. The problem? It will three or five times the current cost. Please take our ministers back to school again.
You can build a new road and rehabilitate the old one. Both ways you win.
If ever these fools here had any seating Government audience, listening to them could have produced some disastrous failures ponderous in magnitude.Thank God its a game of garbage in, garbage out among themselves time and again.
Stupid, foolish , dull Mubika. It is such ministers which are not required in this Country. Zambia need more roads, new and old being rehabilitated as well.
I agree the man is dull Zambia really needs many outlets not just roads. Mubika is useless shallow minded chap!!!
It’s really unfortunate to even come out in the open and side with such nonses; worse still, foolish for the so called Minister to shamelessly object to the simple and straight forward developmental project. Where then do they hope to be taking the money?
This chap only thinks of today … seems he knows NO tomorrow. If this the kind of leadership we are going to be having? Just a new road. Mwilaunfwila ubo ubukopo! Development is no just about maintaining; it also about creating what never was!
please i will be glad to see the qualifications of this Mubika where was this fool educated he seems not to understand what he is talking about we need new Roads if u just keep on repairing old bad roads we are we going to have new good road net work .. does this fool know that this road might be used for expot and impor. the last time i checked the map shangombo is near Angola …does he know that the next Africa cup will be in Angola this road could be used by many
No. 1 is very stupid indeed; garbage like his father president!!! Ndio twasuminisha.
People lke Mubika are dull, narrow minded and have no foresight.Can some one advise us on his qualifications. When KK put up the Plant for electricity he put up 900 megawatts yet the demand for power at the time was less than 400. i call that Foreseability. Put up the new road. Potential will be created when you put up infrastruture. Wila kwata akaso kwati impia shobe Sha !
forget that……….built a road were it is required. get a damn ring road for lusaka. it sure looks like a jungle of cars as it is. pure pure pure planning. bring back the colonialist to teach you a thing o two
Colonialists, they messed up our game as well as our civilisation. We were happy with how we lived our lives before they interferred. It was bbq’s everyday, watching women shaking it daily and everybody had a part to play in society. Instead of the culture they made us embrace and as u can see, the D/min despite his leadership position is failing to comprehend the added benefits that another road might entail.
We should not opose any road or infrastructure development in Zed. The road is needed and actually way overdue.
MR. MINISTER WATCH YOUR REASONING OR YOU WILL BE FIRED!!!
THE CALIBRE OF MINISTERS WE HAVE IN ZAMBIA YOU MAY WONDER HOW THEY REASON, THE MONEY HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS NOT COMING FROM HIS POCKET IT IS OUR MONEY (TAXPAYERS). IF WE REHABILITATE THE OLD ROAD IT WILL ONLY TAKE A FEW MONTHS COME NEXT RAIN SEASON WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ROAD. I SOMETIMES WONDER THE LEVEL OF THINKING OF SOME MINISTERS…..
Just build the road and ignore the unconcerned minister!
He’s been there and he knows exactly issues on the ground. But Hon. Mubika how many times has the gvt en the roads dpt worked on the same road? If it take trillion kwacha to construct the road that will stand the test of time for the future generation to come then ,lets do it! than mending the same roads over and over enriching on of the 42 companies currently undergoing investigation!
We need a tar- mac road,Isini lisheha la mukwakwa wa kwabulozi! Mwaluswabisa hau! lets now develop this province! mina batu!
Twapenga! Twachuulula pafula! Tavutika maningi ise bakwa hae! We can even drive our posh unless 4×4 do somthing Ka?
Someone should put this on record so that during election time, my people are reminded just what a stupid MP they have. This is the first time I have ever heard an MP being hostile to developement in his own constituency. One really wonders the type of MPs this nation has, total and complete embaciles.
The minister lacks foresight. He is talking like one who never understands developmental issues. Road infrasture is part of development in his area. And to deny the area such a project will retard growth. The man maybe needs some lecture from the Department of Developmental Studies at UNZA. These leaders are more political than economical. Their talk is always for short term projects trying to entice people to vote for them in the next elections. But Zed needs economical minded MP`s and not those who understand only one thing which is “iam the honourable. Enjoy for now and enjoy.” No future plans. Can the Cabinet introduce lessons to these people to be well versed with national causes, pliz.
O yu folks that r sayin mubika z dull, yu dnt think properly. Hav yu ever been to shangombo yoselvs? Do yu kno tha goegraphy of shangz. i think yu wre goin to spport em f yu had gon there folks. dont jst be vomitng rubbsh from yo dirty stinkig oral cavity folks. yu first brush oral cavity then tok lah.its no gud lah jst to yap any hw ok. pliz mind yo buzzy ok lah.
#33, you must be very dull, if there is someone who yapping its you? You have written a lot of stuff but you have not said anything, if these are the kind of characters we have as nation, im afraid Zed will never develop…..
#4 The man thats your opinion and has to be respected. Pipo how many times has the govt introduced new things? We had Nambord silos, they introduced FRA which keeps the grains in warehouses and tents, we have ACC govt formed Task Force(white elephant) why not rehabilitate the old ones and make new ones where they are no roads. what about the Daj studium which was demolished in ndola? has it been constructed? so instead of revamping the mongu sesheke road you want them to construct a new one. guys common sense in not common to everyone our road network pa zed is bad.From Mongu to CB one has to pass through LSK and KB.We should think of construction new roads that will link provinces.
Mwebantu mwe! Dont blame mubika. Western province is usually flooded. So the best way to solve this problem is to put tamac on the old road….finished..
If yo hav been zea yo can agree with him.
Mongu-kalabo project failed after spending lot of money the road was washed by floods.
we ned a new road yes but where is it going to pass.
Ala someone with practial geography not theory twafweniko.
There is plenty of sand and water in this area making it difficult to built a road. Even the old road yo are talking about is almost not zea. please lets listern to the local pipo…
#33 What kind of rubbish are those that have written. You are very stupid and dull like your papa mubika mubika
Mubika we know is not educated.. but imwe who are educated learn to listern to local pipo. thats why most of the projects you plan in offices fail coz you dont consult.
senanga-shangombo road is not even zea in practice. its just on paper. if yo see the thing the call road… ala yo can cry.
yo so called new road should be constructed in the old road. Otherwise its going to be washed…engineers go on the ground now while its flooded and see for yoself how difficult it is to construct a new road..its on record mongu-kalabo road failed.
# 9 you are insane what do u mean Engineer related. Do you know that our ministers dont consult? You should be a Patriotic Zambian. We need new Roads full stop why depend on the old ones that will need us to rehabilitate year in year out?
33 yo are toking sense…i think most of these guyz hav never been zea…its rough and tough….
please construct the so called new road on the old road…
yes we ned roads ..now listern pipo the is no place to construct the new road….
The minister is not dull or what….he has lived zea he understands the terain better than most of yo guz. lets just reconstruct the old road….
#33 is un exposed.I wonder what you are doing in Malasya…. probably picking litter in the streets. Use google to search on the “Dikes” in The Netherlands ….when you see that you will realise that Geography is of no consequence. You can build anything you want anywere. We have a road at “manenekela” and another one in Chirundu. What is so unusual about Shangombo ? You have stayed away too long. Shangombo needs development so RDA go ahead and put the road there !
no. 41, boss the is nothing in chrundu compared to the terain in western province. we are taliking about flood plains….kilometres of water and sand…if yo want to waste resources RDA go ahead otherwise rehabilitate old road which is not even there actually…
hhhh but guys mumadya mulilo big time. mulekosa bane mulekosa….chill
#39 i will not call you insane because that is demeaning. Read the comment word for word one by one because from your response one can tell that you have a reading disorder. Let me break it down for your elementary level thinking, If the reasons are engineering related then the RDA is right, in grade one terms if the reasons put forward by RDA are because where the old road sits the underlying structure cannot hold it for long even if it is rehabilitated then they are right, that is what I meant in elementary terms and if you have limited vocabulary to use pleas respond in your local language I happen to understand all the seven official local languages spoken in zambia because I have
worked and lived in these areas unlike people like you who only have a luxury of debating on these issues without any experience. This is precisely why I said be less emotional, your discourse and development model is very expensive, Livingstone – Zimba Road needs rehabilitation, NO! close it build another one, Chilimbulu Road needs rehabilitation, NO! close it build another one. If you are above 60 then I will not worry about you, if you are below 40 then we as a country are headed for disaster if in this day and age we can have zambians such as you. By the way why doesn’t ZESCO just close the KNB power station and build another one since rehabilitation is costly? I rest my case!
No I haven’t rested my case, by the way what is so unpatriotic about analysing an issue from both sides, you are a patriot I agree but an irresponsible patriot the likes of Shakafuswa, and precisely that is why you call your self chusi, your judgement is clouded by the same smoke (chusi maybe ni chusi cha chamba)!!
Done with.
#28 you are worse than the Minister, change the design of the road, guys all it takes is determination to do certain things, watch National geographic’s mega structures please!
We need a new road that will withstand the test of time. How often does the minister drive on this road. Most of the roads in western province are untarred almost 34 years after independence. I hope the zambian govt will not listen to Mubika who still believes in patching roads “chigamba”.
Mubika nja ya mutu wena! Weza inge kuli chelete izwa mwa pokoto ya hao! Lubata mukwakwa o muncha. So na sesituna so yahile mwa mukwakwa wa kala ki si fi? Ni luna ba Shangombo lubata zwelopili….Lutokolomohe!
IF SUCH A STUPID MAN CAN BE A DEPUTY MINISTER, I SHOULD BE PRESIDENT, KATEKA
Is this road going to be tarred?
#50 Pasopo aba Lozi bafulwa sana! Mubika wasanswa, becareful you will not get a seat in parliament next time you will go back to KUOMBOKA in your small canoe if you have any.
Don’t be mislead by the picture accompanying the article. That picture is not Senanga or Shangombo, Senanga is sand just like in the Kalahari or Sahara deserts. Now were have you seen a highway in the Sahara or in the nearby Kalahari desert? It is cheaper to get camels than build or even renovate the current ‘road’. Most of you who are critical of this mubika guy don’t really know western province well. The only thing that can work in senanga or shangombo are boats and camels. If you have to build a road it has to be suspended in air which would be very expensive and dengerous to construct since the floods come every year. In short Mubika on this occassion is right.
In fact you can not even use camels and boats at the same time. Camels can be used during the dry season and boats during the floods anything else can’t work. The so called leaders of the lozi had no forsight because the decided to settle right in the middle of a swamp surrounded by desert sand!! That’s what happens when you are desparate, you will settle for anything.
The Kuomboka ceremony is not there to celebrate some culture, it is an annual reminder to the lozi chiefs and their followers of the mistake and the desperation that befell them when they escaped shaka zulu’s wars to come and settle in a swamp that is flooded annually.
Ba Anonymous….Go to South Africa, Botswana and Namibia…then have the courage to tell us that there are no roads in these countries bcoz of the Kalahari desert. What do you have for your brains?……kalahari sands I presume!
Bola panshi bane, we are all Zedians
# 58. Change your name and use a better decent name. Please.
#57
Yes in RSA, Namibia and Botswana some roads have been built on the Kalahari desert but do these three countries also face flooding of the Zambezi river like in western province which washes away the built ‘roads’ annually? My brain is made up of so many ideas that can only be compared to individual grains of sand found in the kalahari desert which extends into western province! Can you count how many individual grains of sand make up the kalahari desert?
we need a new road for import and export purposes and it will link Zambia to other important parts of Angola. We have two projects here, rehabilitating the old road and contructing a new one. I dont care where the Money is going to come from but the projects have to take off without fail. All those tax Monies financing dull ministers should now go to the road.
Roads can be constructed anywhere provided that proper material and the design suits the terrain.We should also use reputable road construction companies and not these to ma construction companies twa ma dull Ministers.
#Anonymous there are no roads in western province that are washed away during the floods. The so called roads are gravel roads. They are not tarred. Honestly I wouldnt even call them roads. Fact is a well engineered road wont be washed away. The technology is available. It is a question of being serious. Structures have been built all over the world under the sea, on reclaimed land from the sea, mountain terrains etc. It is a pity that there are still people like you who still believe that nothing can be built in western province because of floods or sand! Go to the Netherlands and see what has been put on flooded or flooding areas. Go to the middle east and see what has been built on sand.
gud and bad thinking at the same time#62. the engineers from the middle east hve faild to construct the mongu-kalabo road so wat else do yu expct frm yo zambian engineerz. Wat hav our engineerz done in zambia mwe bantu. whch road has been constructd by a zambian engneer.pliz tell me.I used to drive 45min frm senanga to mongu but now i hear that yu hve drive for 3hrs imagine a 100km strectch. think before yu act. dnt be comparing issues thats why yu fail. yu kno yu have no capacity.
Mubika is a dull chap! Senanga-Kalongola road traverses the Zambezi plain the road actually is a river from December to June. The Kalongola-Senanga road can not be rehabilitated we might end up with a situation like the Mongu to Tapo road section. The new road aligment thru Mbeta island would be easy to construct since its on the upper land and avoid uncalled for maintenance cost in the long run. Mbeta island anyway can be used as a tourism resort area.
You brothers and sisters who are saying it is difficult to build a road are very stupid.You are the same people back in the day who thought man can not fly.so peoples if you are not for Zambia s development please shut up and late the people who want our country to go fowered talk.
Anonymous,
Indeed you are anonymous .In the first place your history is not only shallow but miscoded as well.Go to the nearest night school and read about Sebitwane .
On the desperation of the Lozi leaders , your sentiment happen to have shot wide.Another parade of total ignorance. To avoid embarrassing yourself in future , try to debate the issue at hand and leave real issues to real people.
Just being concerned . No hard feelings.
Thank You!!
As for Mubika’s statement, it will be wise to understand the situation on the ground.However,a new road is better for future prospects(development).
Just build the road if the money is available.
Viva
Western Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#66 my history is spot on, I don’t need any night school. Again all my points are spot on my friend. It’s not my fault that you have failed to construct roads despite the gov’t providing funding for such projects. The road or whatever needs to be constructed can be done. If the Chinese can build the Donghai bridge over the sea which is a 6 lane, 22 mile road then it can be done. For now however the govt should create an economic zone for Arab investors to come in and breed camels in Mongu!! It is cheaper and more realistic! Libya is leading the way with the donations of camels it made recently. Mbita Chitala should be sent back to North Africa for this mission critical issue!
#68 Whatever you mean by being on spot concerning your history is self evaluation. And failing to do roads in Shangombo is a Zambian business to be precise a government baby.Further more One does not need to go beyond the bounders of Zambia to give examples of possibilities. The fact that you can use the net to communicate is enough for an average person to know they can accomplish whatever they desire in life as long as they work towards it .We do not need the camels in an area where roads are even tared.Chintala should be left alone to continue with his PHD ambitions.
#68 However,I agree with you on government creating Economic Zones not only in Western Province but in other provinces as well .These zones should be for serious investment not camels as suggested earlier.
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You must be funny.Wish could meet you some day.
Bye
OH,
Correction , I wanted to type “boundaries” not “bounders”.
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