Government has provided coffins and blankets to all the 17 Mazabuka accident victims that died in the early hours of Monday.
Acting Mazabuka District Commissioner, Wilson Siadunka, disclosed to ZANIS in Mazabuka this morning that government, through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), provided the necessary logistics needed for burial.
Mr Siadunka said apart from buying coffins and blankets for the dead, government also provided food and transport for all relatives of the deceased, some of whom came as far as Chipata in the Eastern Province.
He disclosed that from the 17 deceased persons, 11 bodies were on Tuesday transported to Lusaka, two to Monze District and one body was transported to Chipata for burial.
Mr Siadunka further explained that three other bodies were buried in Mazabuka yesterday following the advice given by their family members who allowed burial to take place within the district.
The Acting District Commissioner has thanked relatives of the deceased for what he termed as high levels of cooperation and maturity during the process of identifying the bodies, saying without their support the task would not have been an easy one.
A total of 17 people died on the spot after the Fuso fighter truck they were traveling in from Lusaka to Monze District lost control and rammed into Mazabuka Shoprite Checkers building around 01:00 hours in the early hours of Monday.
With all due respect to the departed and their families may the Lord console them. However though being a humanitarian gesture I do not think it is right for tax payers money to be used for funerals. It just shows laxity in our laws which are not strict enough in ensuring all vehicles on our roads are insured appropriately! As President Muliokela (PPP) says that you don’t have to employ if you have no money the same goes that you don’t have to own a vehicle if you can not insure it! Why should it be the state to provide for funerals from passenger carrying vehicles when this can be covered by insurance? Diversion of tax payers money in this manner is misapplication thus robbing development programs of needed resources. RTSA must enforce all vehicles have insurance and carnage may reduce.
Fumuchu it just shows how dull you are,don’t be quick to let even pass by know your stupidity.
What do you know about insurance policy do you think if you insure your vehicle for accident than they also campsite even passengers. Zebige their is also a policy for that stupid!
Learn to appreciate!!
@FonkUmbuz, a little courtesy in the use of language might just be that little needed education on how motor vehicle insurance works. Education is key, cheap vulgarity blinds efforts to educate. How is that?