The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has raised more than K100 million since the commencement of the dog registration exercise.
And the council has described the ongoing dog registration exercise as one of the successful projects the council has ever embarked on.
LCC Public Relations Officer Henry Kapata said the exercise is not meant to make money but to serve lives by ensuring that people are not beaten by unregistered stray dogs roaming the streets.
Speaking in a telephone interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today, Mr. Kapata said LCC has a working dairy and sometimes works at random in cases where they are contacted by the affected people.
“Before the program was embarked on, we had been receiving about six reports in a week of people being beaten by stray dogs but currently the number has reduced,” he said.
And the council has expressed concern over the lack of consistent treatment for rabies in Zambia and further urged government to address the problem.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kapata has applauded people that have been surrendering the illicit banned sachet beer known as Tujilijili as well as expired foods staffs to the council.
He called on members of the public to cooperate and surrender the banned sachets to the local authority saying no one will be apprehended but will be protected as stated in the Foods and Drugs Act Cap 303 Section 24 of the laws of Zambia.
Good work LCC, there are also some rabid dogs who stray on this website that need putting down permanently before the spread their infectious disease!!
Ha ha ha! Can you please give us the dog breeds that stray here?
Kapata talks too much!
Actually, even other pets should be registered. Even cat give rabbies, and council can make more money
This is yet another “money making” exercise by our local government – like it or not!!! First off, they are busy collecting money from dog owners yet they do not even have the certificates!! I would like to see a game plan of how this whole exercise will be executed. To my knowledge there are limited people in Zambia that have walls behind which their dogs live. Are these limited few the only that will need these dog licences? Only because they have a fixed board and the authorities can easily persecute them. How do the authorities intend to collect money from the ‘dog owner’ in the compound whose dog roams the streets and eats from the ‘marabo’?
Simple bro such a dog shuld b killed.
As well, please give the people an insight on the projectd amounts you intend to raise from this exercise, how you intend to use the money and how you intend to enforce the exercise. Dont wake up and turn your dreams into reality without a decent plan!!! As always, I see no future for this BOGUS fund raising exercise.
Naimwe ba LT Editor, Don’t you have proof readers? How can a dog “beat” a human being. It makes sense for a dog to BITE a person rather than beat.
My point exactly….I was trying to picture a mongrel wearing boxing gloves and punching a human being.
…..Dogs have taken the initiative in human poverty alleviation…
What do they intend to do with the money? A sensible thing to do would be to invest in vets, dog pounds, more rabies medication, regular registrations.
My country being what it is, will see the money just “disappear” and no one will ask questions.
this is how we are going to use the money.we will organise work shops and give ourselves hefty bonuses
Poppy mwadula mwe! No pets for me
Are these canines being micro-chipped after being registered? If not then it is a pointless exercise. You fail to encourage people to register as voters and you turn your energies to register canines!! Pathetic!
your comment are not progressive. thought the idea of micro chipping the animals is a great one. council can subcontract a small business to keep the records for them.
How about the money Lusaka City Couincil got from selling the meat to our investors from the east?
and the president was saying councils cant cant maake money because FTJ sold houses