FARMERS in Mkushi Farm block are building three big dams to engage themselves in winter farming, area ward councilor, Francis Chilyanga’ has disclosed.
Mr Chilyanga told ZANIS in an interview in Mkushi that the building of the dams in Mwachilenga ward was a great development that would help to boost food supply nationwide and Mkushi in particular.
He said that currently, ZESCO, was discouraging farmers to use centre pivots due to power shortages that were currently being experienced in the district.
“The building of these three big dams will reduce dependency on ZESCO because water will be readily available to the farmers,” he added.
The Councilor said that the building of the dams also means that employment will be created for the people in the district.
Meanwhile, MKUSHI District Commissioner (DC), Mwila Kunda, has made a passionate appeal to the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of Local Government and Housing to ensure that the Land Agency is restored to Mkushi District Council.
He told ZANIS in an interview that the district needed to develop and that it could only do so if infrastructure was built in it.
Mr Kunda said the district has lost a lot of investment in the last two years while billions of Kwacha have been lost and a lot of common people who would want to develop the area were suffering due to non-availability of the Land |Ageny.
He said that the district would have developed more than it is right now but was being hindered due to lack of a land agency.
The DC said that people in the district have been agitating and wanting to protest over the land issue because some of them do not understand the reasons behind the termination of the Councils Land Agency.
Mr. Mwila said that some people felt that they were being punished for mistakes that some few individuals did in the past.
And Local Government Minister, Sylvia Masebo, advised that the Land Agency issue was being treated in the manner that all other issues regarding the same are being treated.
She said that the two ministries (Lands and Local Government) were meeting every three months to discuss tentatively on the same issue
Ms Masebo said that the two ministries would get back to the Council immediately discussions were through.
Bravo white folks
Don’t just commend these farmers ,go on a fact finding mission and see how they ill treat our country men and women.
#2 Bashi Bubble why dont you and other humane Zambians invest in mining and agricultural projects. May be you will be able to treat your fellow Zambians humanely. Quite interesting isnt it? 44 yrs after independence it takes the Zimbabwen displaced farmer to figure out that you have to built dams to carry out winter cropping! And you sir have the audacity to complain about the so called mistreatment. My take is these workers have just got a bad attitude. Zambians should grow up and start being responsible. There is no free lunch in the world.
Winter farming just may help reduce distortions in food prices which we experience, thereby bringing down Fundanga’s inflation, since 60% of Zambia’s inflation is due to food prices.
Bravo, MONEY. Now if African farmers had the same amount of money made available to them, there would be farm dams all over the country.
And do it better.
Mr K , I thought lima bank used to offer loans to African farmers. I didn’t see any dams being build.
You have to build a pond before you can build a dam.
Mwinsho #5, You work for the money !It should not just come to you or given out hence the tendency for most Zambians not to be responsible.We ought to learn to pay back to government or any financial agency assisting us. If you can pay back Kaloba then we ought pay back the government. Some Zambians should change their ‘fya buteko ‘ attitude and be accountable. There is no special abilities these white farmers you are praising have apart from the disciplined work ethics which they uphold.I believe Zambians can do better because of the Ubuntu principle which lacks in these people hence we can treat our own better!
#2 Having once been to Mkushi on a fact finding mission for a govt agency, I tell you that these white farmers treat their workers way better than our fellow skins do. The white owned farms you hear of can be described as small towns with all vital amenities provided. There is no problem there. The only problem with this thing of daming is the disturbance of the flow of the rivers. Water supply to other towns supplied by the river damed in Kafue is getting affected. This daming must be controlled. The volumes of water eventually reaching these towns are some towns so low. But again it’s seasonal.
Iwe ka #2, so what’s your point? You are definely one of those chaps that believe someone will always hire you as a security guard and pay you the equivalent of an investment banker. Shut up and get your own. HATER!!
This number 2 needs to be shot in the ass!!! For God sake!!! when will african people learn to give credit for success and big-up people who are contributing to your own peoples economy. even if they are not as best treated as you treat your own workers (I kw you dont) but to keep you happy….. atleast these people have a job, money to take home, feed the family, send kids to school instead to buming around spreading HIV. number 2 plz lets give constructive arguments and not just pick on the next race just coz you are failing to contribute to your people.
NUmber 2 you seem to be SATA’s afterbirth.
#2 is right don’t just talk about other people’s asses what have you done yourselves.
#10 please lets show maturity in these matters.I see no reasons why you should be insulting,unless youy tell us that it is genetical.
I think we have to admit that blacks were not designed for farming and let’s just allow the whites to do the farming for us.
How do you guys know that these farmers are white?I don’t see white farmers mentioned anywhere in the story. Anyway, whatever race they are, credit is due to them for their self-dependent spirit. Farmers are the feeders of the nation and their cause should be supported by everyone.
#7 chipimpi, very good analysis. Zambians, listen up!
#15 FYI, Only one black owned farm in Mkushi has constructed a dam. The rest are white owned, mostly ex Zim farmers.Truth be be told they are doing a great job, though some propagandist will tell you we’ve sold our country.
Bravo Mkushi folks. Thats good development. I wish the Universities can step up and help those guys by investing their time in educating the masses on tree conservation which is a help on water retention(I mean try to help plant a lot of generic trees). Team work.
Interesting debate! Govt should also have a role in building dams for poor villagers who cant afford to build dams. It will be very embarrasing to see Zambia importing food when the next cycle of draught hits! We know that draught comes and go, it will definately come again, its a question of when! What are doing about it? We also know that Zambia has more than 70% of all the fresh water in SADC. What policies are in place to mitigate effects of drought? What type of simple irrgiation technologies have we taught our people to use? What type of crops are we encouraging our smal farmers to cultivate using irrigation? Marketing the produce, etc.
GIVE MERIT WHERE ITS DUE! (Good Job White folks)Even if there whites, they will never carry those DAMS with them when they leave.
Hey Bakamba ba #1, how about changing your title from P…P… to MOSI or CHIBUKU. Please I beg you in the name of zambians who are living abroad and @ home, leave alone Jesus.
Blacks are certainly inferior. Look at how they praise Levy even when he has failed to do anything right for them as their leader! These kaffirs never learn! We must now grab the whole country from them as they are busy worshipping useless leaders in Lusaka. We will soon have Zim added to our empire!
Give credit where is due!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bashi bubble and brainless leaders are always negative even when there is credibility due
21. Brainless leaders,
Can you say ‘Farm Murders’? Just a thought.
The best news ever. We need dams in Zambia.
Water escapes underground and we need people with knowledge to teach us how to hold these resources.
Once someone mentioned about dry land in Lusaka, how can we keep the city green?
We need to create dams and in-land rivers flowing from Zambezi, Kafue, to inner land. we have plenty of water in Zambia
This is news worthy than the pit latrines story which shouls have come 40 yrs ago
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