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Husband battery?

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An unidentified man and his wife making a majestic ride on one of the streets in Chipata

By Mwansa Besa

“This is the second time she has done it. The first time she hit me with a bottle. I just want a divorce because next time it might be worse”. These were the exact words which Mr. Mathews Tembo of Lusaka used when a Muvi television crew interviewed him.

Mr. Tembo`s case is yet another addition to the increasing statistics in the number of reported cases of battered husbands.

It is not anybody’s secret that reported cases of battered husbands have been on an increase in Zambia. This leaves one wondering whether the increase could be blamed on the desire by women to be equal to men (Gender equality) or it is a trend that has always been a part of our society, but has largely gone ignored for centuries.

The answer could be any of the above two, both or something else. To me the latter seems to hit home.

From time immemorial a man has always been considered to be the stronger of the two sexes when it comes to both mental and physical abilities. It is against this background that husbands that have had found themselves victims of battering at the hands of their wives have always suffered a lot of humiliation.

Husband battering has always being an endemic part of our society but has unfortunately gone unnoticed in our male oriented society. Mostly it is the victims themselves to blame. Most of them are too ashamed to admit that they victims because of fear of harsh judgment from society.

I remember some years back being a witness to an incidence where one man was laughed at by his friends after word went around that he was battered by his wife. His response was “guy’s naimwe nalifye dizzy no wonder ka madam kanchankwilile. Pantu nganalikanaya ine”. For those not familiar with this copperbelt street lingua, the guy blamed being drunk as a reason why his wife managed to beat him up.

I am sure all men that have ever been victims of this form of abusive can give varied reasons as to why they found themselves in such situations.

It is sad noting that husbands are no longer safe from the people that are supposed to love, protect and cherish them.

I am happy that the media has now started playing an active role in making sure that this issue is brought to the attention of the people.

Spousal battering must be blamed at all costs without any fear or favour and without looking at the sex involved. Probably it is high time men formed organizations with the intention of curbing this vice. Ok, now that we`re talking about male organizations. What about some organization called men for change as opposed to women for change or anti husband battering association of Zambia? Well, I bet this makes some good food for thought.

It was 18 not 30 girls impregnated in Mongu

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Some young mothers girls in rural Zambia

Latest investigations into pupils’ pregnancies at Mongu’s Limulunga High Schools have revealed that eighteen girls were impregnated last year contrary to the 30 initially reported.

Western Province Education Officer, Muyangwa Kamutumwa has clarified the matter after instituting investigations following a disclosure by Luena Member of Parliament Mulumei Imenda.

Mr Kamutemwa says only one police officer was linked to the pregnancy of a grade ten girl.

He told ZNBC in Mongu on Thursday that the rest of the girls were impregnated by men from various communities within Mongu and beyond.

Mr Kamutumwa says the pregnant girls were allowed to proceed on maternity leave in line with the education policy.

He attributed the increase in girls pregnancy cases to pupils’ staying on their own in rented huts due to lack of boarding facilities at learning institutions.

Recently, Ms Imenda told Parliament that thirty pupils were impregnated by Police Officers who were camped at Limulunga High School during the January 2011 Mongu riots.
[ZNBC]

President Sata returns home

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President Sata
President Sata
President Michael Sata is expected back home today following his private visit to India.

State house Deputy Private Secretary Amos Chanda said the President is expected to arrive in the country at 13:00 hours.

President Sata is said to have also used his private visit to India to engage various investors from that country who have since shown interest to set up base in Zambia.

These include Apollo International Limited who have expressed interest to construct a super-specialist hospital in Zambia and Mohan Exports, an internationally renowned agriculture-equipment manufacturer that is prepared to set up a tractor assembly plant in Zambia which also serve as a distribution point for the Southern African region.

The President concluded his investment promotion engagements with the Indian business community yesterday.

However President Sata’s week long visit to India left speculation brewing back home over the purpose of his visit, with unsubstantiated reports in some sections of the media claiming he had gone for medical treatment, assertions government dismissed.

According to the Indian on line media DeshGujarat President Michael Sata was on Sunday discharged from the hospital in Ahmedabad, India. The DeshGujarat reported that Mr. Sata was discharged from the hospital in the evening, after which he reached the Taj hotel near airport.

Reports said President Sata was operated on Saturday in city’s Samved hospital.

“It is unconfirmed but, possible that the President is in Ahmedabad for the treatment of benign enlargement of Prostate. At Samved hospital in Ahmedabad, this illness is treated by GreenLight laser (KTP Laser). The treatment is non invasive without bleeding. A patient can start eating and taking fluids within 2 hours of surgery and can be ready to go home in less than 24 hours (without the catheter”.

Mr. Sata was accompanied by the first lady Dr. Christine Kaseba, spokesperson George Chella.

[QFM,DeshGujarat]

Tragedy in Zambia – AC Virgin players drown

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Police in Nchelenge district in Zambia’s Luapula province have retrieved more bodies from a river where more than 20 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) drowned in an accident on Sunday, the Times of Zambia reported on Thursday.

More than 20 people died on Sunday evening after their three boats capsized on the Zambian side of the river after they were hit by waves from a speed boat that was coming from the DRC side of the river.

Twenty players from DR Congo club AC Virgin KA drowned in Luapula River in Zambia on their way from a weekend fixture.

Luapula Province Deputy Commissioner of Police said the police have retrieved three more bodies bringing the total number of bodies retrieved since the operation started to 15.

He said the Congolese players and their fans were returning from a match against a Zambian team on Sunday when their three boats capsized in the town’s most popular river.

“Their boats capsized in the middle of Luapula River after being hit by a strong wave generated by another passing boat,” Mushanga said.

“The ill-fated boats carried a total of over 100 people, but 80 of them were rescued by the crew while at least 20 perished,” he added.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police said 14 bodies had been identified to be Congolese while one was a Zambian and that police discovered that the boats were also carrying five Zambians.

As at Tuesday, locals were working to pull out the remains of the boats while municipal police identified other bodies. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has sent condolences to the Congo football federation. “On behalf of FIFA and on my own behalf, I extend to you and to the Congo football federation my deepest condolences,” Blatter wrote in a message to Constant Omari Selemani, president of the FECOFA.

The boats, carrying more than 100 people, carried footballers and spectators who had come for a football match on the Zambian side when the incident happened. About 72 people survived the accident and DRC officials sent a bigger boat to carrying the survivors back to their country.

[Supersport]

Chief Mukuni explains BNC secession move

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Senior Chief Mukuni of the Toka Leya speaking people of Livingstone arrives at the ongoing Barotse National Council meeting in Limulunga Royal Village in Mongu today

Chief Mukuni of the Toka-Leya says the people of western Province have resolved to secede from Zambia because they have not been treated well by successive governments.

The traditional leader has however noted that the route that the people of western province are trying to take is not in the best interest of the Zambian people.

Chief Mukuni has told QFM News that the people of western province contributed significantly in making Zambia a unitary state adding that it is important that Zambia remains a unitary and peaceful state.

Chief Mukuni has since called for an amicable solution to the issue surrounding Barotseland agreement by all concerned parties.

The Barotseland National Council has resolved that western province breaks away from Zambia.

And some Lusaka residents have expressed concern over the resolutions of the Barotseland National Council for western province to secede from Zambia.

Some of the people talked by QFM news in a random interview have since called on the government to ensure that Zambia remains a unitary state.

Daniel Zulu notes that the people of western province need to learn from the Mongu riots which left a number of people dead.

He says the people of western province need to realize that Zambia has a lot of natives groups who will not allow part of their land to secede.

Another citizen who declined to be named noted that secession of western province has the potential to cause chaos in the country.

He has called on the government to use its strength to bring the situation under control.

And another citizen only identified as Brian urged the government to ensure that the issue is put to a referendum to allow the people of Zambia decide on whether the Barotseland should secede or not.

He adds that the people of western province should learn from the Sudan conflict which claimed million of lives.

QFM

Bank of Zambia sets benchmark interest rate at 9%

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Bank of Zambia

Bank of Zambia yesterday rolled out a monetary policy framework to replace money-supply targeting, setting the inaugural benchmark interest rate at 9 percent, which analysts said signalled significant monetary tightening.

The rate will come into effect on April 2.

International analysts said the new benchmark represented monetary tightening, most notably because the central bank’s overnight lending facility – the rate it charges commercial banks as a lender of last resort – is due to be set at 250 basis points above the policy rate.

“This is a significant tightening,” said Razia Khan, head of Africa research at Standard Chartered in London. “From levels of around 6 percent previously, overnight rates should now fluctuate within a 7-11 percent band.”

The new rate, which has been in the pipeline for more than two years, should also add more transparency to what is already an attractive frontier market for international bond investors chasing after high yields.

Unlike its counterparts in East Africa, Zambia has managed to keep a lid on inflation in the last 12 months, due in part to the relative stability of its currency, the kwacha, against the dollar.

However, since populist opposition leader Michael Sata was elected president in September, the kwacha has weakened from around 5,000 to 5,300 amid concerns about more state pressure on foreign investors, particularly in the mining sector.

Bank of Zambia (BoZ) deputy governor Bwalya Ng’andu said the effect of kwacha weakness posed a risk to non-food inflation, although stable food prices in the rapidly expanding agricultural producer should moderate the overall picture.

“The bank has weighed the inflation risks and has determined that average inflation during the policy-related period would remain below 7 percent,” he told a news conference to announce the new rate.

Under Sata’s predecessor, Rupiah Banda, the central bank had made clear it wanted to introduce a benchmark interest rate, although Sata’s firing of BoZ governor Caleb Fundanga shortly after taking office had cast doubt on those plans.

One of Sata’s policy priorities has been to cut the cost of credit for Zambia’s businesses and its 13 million people in order to stimulate growth beyond the mining sector.

With the reforms, Zambia is marching in the footsteps of other frontier African states, most recently Uganda, which launched a benchmark rate and inflation target last July to tame inflation that had soared to a 17-year high of 16 percent.

The new policy took time to bed down, and inflation shot up to more than 30 percent in the final quarter of 2011 before a flood of foreign cash into high-yielding domestic debt reversed a slump in the shilling, cutting the cost of imports

[Reuters]

Robiana’s tumor removed

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The 20 kilogram mass of tumor that 24 year old Robiana Muteka had on his back has been removed succefully. UTH managing director Dr Lackson Kasonka working with a team of 15 medical personnel said that Robiana is out of danger.

Dr Kasonka has told ZNBC news that the operation went well and was not marred by any complications. He said that Robiana did not lose a lot of blood during the procedure which started around 08 hours this morning.

Doctors started the operation at 09hrs and finished at exactly 11:45HRS. Robiana’s operation was delayed earlier due to insufficient blood for transfusion. Robian’s blood is a rare type, B negative.

He was evacuated from Livingstone early this month, following an order from President Michael Sata that he accesses specialist treatment. Last week Doctors at the UTH examined Robiana and they concluded that the tumors is not cancerous.

ZNBC

Former minister Mwale re-arrested after state enters Nolle prosequi

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File: Former Mines minister Maxwell Mwale and Chinese state grid corporation executive vice president Shu Yinbiao exchange notes in Lusaka

Former mines minister has been re-arrested and charged with two counts of corruption and being in possession of property believed to be proceeds of crime shortly after the state entered a Nolle prosequi.

Mr. Mwale’s re- arrest is in connection with similar matters involving bicycles of which Lusaka chief resident magistrate Joshua Banda has discharged him.

This was after Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP- Mutembo Nchito, appeared in court following a court order and entered a Nolle prosequi in a theft case involving bicycles.

Mr. Nchito said that the move was to allow for consolidation of the theft case with other matters which were under investigations. He said this is meant to help Mr. Mwale address his mind to one particular case thereby avoiding multiplicity of cases.

And defense lawyer, Sakwiba Sikota, has applied that the state pays three hundred and fifty thousand kwacha being legal costs incurred by Mr. Mwale in this matter. Mr. Sikota claims the costs incurred by Mr. Mwale are as a result of the state’s inadequacies’.

But Mr. Nchito has objected to the application saying the states move discontinue Mr. Mwale’s case is another way of helping reduce of legal expenses.

And the joint government investigations team has formally charged and arrested Mr. Mwale with being in possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime.
He has also been charged with corrupt practices.

In the first offence he is alleged to have imported five thousand bicycles into the country suspected to be proceeds of crime worth over one billion Kwacha.

Regarding corrupt practices, Mr. Mwale is alleged to have received over four hundred million Kwacha from a named mining firm as reward to facilitate issuance of a mining license.

Joint government investigative team, Public Relations Officer, Charity Munganga-Chanda says Mr. Mwale is currently on a fifty million Kwacha bond with two working surities and will appear in court on April 4th 2012.

MUVI TV

Kitwe United, Lupopo Draw

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Visiting DR Congo side St. Eloi Lupopo have been held to a 1-1 draw by FAZ Division One North outfit Kitwe United in a friendly played at Garden Park Staduim.

Lupopo have set up a week-long training camp in Kitwe ahead of their CAF Confederations Cup first round return  match against South Africa’s Black Leopard next week.

Winger Jeremie Mumbere had given Lupopo a 39 minute lead before second half substitute Morris Siame equalised for the home side.

After Kitwe equalised the game became evenly ballanced as both sides pressed for a winning goal that never came

In the first half both sides used reserve players and only introduced regulars in the final half.

And after the game, Lupopo Zambian right back Osward Kalamba said The Buchi Boys  has given his team a quality preparatory match as they seek to overturn the 4-2 loss they suffered in South Africa in the CAF Confederation Cup last Saturday.

“We have learnt something from this friendly.It was not an easy game Kitwe United played well”

Bittersweet Poetry : Poems of the week by Mutale Mwamba,Leila K’ano and Kapembwa Wanjelani

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As we continue to promote Poetry in Zambia ; here are this weeks poems ,enjoy.

live show this Saturday at La Gondola Arcades. 19:00, K30 000 entrance free snacks available.

DEAR Mr PRESIDENT, by Mutale Mwamba

I came back to this country, a graduate, you offered me nothing but unemployment.

While you employed the corrupt and illiterate.

Time and again you said “diaspora come back home”.

 

I don’t care, MMD or PF government, all i want is basic services.

All i want is food water and electricity,

not all this nonesense of “more money in your pockets” while you subject me to poverty.

I have the money to pay my bills but then you deny me basic services.

Cutting off water, and all this loadshading, causing blackouts.

 

I am not an idiot, more money in your pockets? Is that the best you can do, how about, bonds, equity savings and investments,

 

Mr. President what are you doing in government.

The mobile networks are a joke, Airtel is a mess and soon MTN will be worse.

Zamtel, don’t even get me started, you sell, and then you reverse.. But the basic services still fell to impress.

 

The police useless and corrupt, issueing a police report with no reciept, just a simple piece of paper with a simple date stamp, easily photocopied and duplicated, yes with

MTN requiring a police report for sim replacement, the police can now print Money.

Just photocopy the report and don’t issue a receipt.

 

Motorists paying road tax, but do they get discounts for all the potholes?

This country is becoming a joke, we are still talking about simple roads, building schools when are we going to talk about research and development that kind of progress?

 

Mr. President, please tell me in a single sentence, what are you doing in government?

I am tired of mere rhetoric, promises upon empty promises. What is the government doing when an employer can get away without paying what is due to me to collect.

 

Here is an idea Mr. President dissolve parliament, infact the entire government, and simply let anarchy prevail, survival of the fittest, many of your ministers won’t last.

 

Dear Mr. President, make this your prayer.

“I pray Michael Mutale will go to church every Sunday, and pray everyday”.

Yes it is only my own conscious that keeps my intellect at bay, but if this nation and your governemnt keep frustrating me, i will be forced to unleash my intellect upon this state, to bring it to it’s knees, that is, i’ll lock all the doors, with i alone holding the keys.

 

Yes that is how a villain is born, Mr. President

When you irritate and frustrate the wrong person, and they decide to unleash upon you, their intellect.

 

Signed Not by Anonymous but by

Mutale Mwamba

 

WHAT SHE SAID by Leila K’ano

Cold winds blow past graves

She sits on them and these winds she inhales

There is no sun, neither moon nor stars

But there is life where she is, she inhales

Its of winds like these! She says;

Live Life, Live Fast, Live Hard, Live Long

Soon they will be around to take you, those that take souls

They go wherever the wind goes

They go wherever the wind blows

 

There’s is no sun, neither moon nor stars

But there is life, where she is, she inhales

But no breath is enough to bring back life to that which darkness embraces

Its of days like these! She says;

The cold winds will blow us waves, we too will steady our sails

Carry On, Be Strong, Bear All

Soon the sun will be around to melt away the darkness

Soon the sun will be around to melt away the sadness

 

SHADOW PATHS by Kapembwa Wanjelani

I walk a path many fear to,

Tales of it hard but still I chose to,

Restlessly morphing into the perfect Key, That would set in to set free

My eyes that I may see, The person that’s hidden deep within me.

This path just hides me more,

Pushing me back, that I become King, But just for show,

A motionless wind that serves no purpose,

That a Scorpion sting

be the only thing

that may bring

about a ring

as the toxin…

sips into my veins to sing.

Another reality steps in,

As the bubble… continues to rot from within.

I could stay here, seriously I could,

With my mind care free, all my decisions I would woo

Raise my hand to rule, from the fool to the tycoon.

Deliberately become rude, cause everything I want I will do.

I will…

Shoo you,

Stop you.

Clap two,

Am full.

Pass through,

Love True.

Conclude,

Then sue you.

No Clue?

I will crush you.

Get you,

Asking for permission to use the loo.

See… This path just hides me more,

Pushing me back, that I become King but just for show.

So I put this path behind my back

And take a path that cuts me no slack.

Where sticks and stones caress my soul, then break my bones.

Where my painful groans

be the only song that resounds as the early gong.

Here pain is gain, daily fighting my flesh hence in chains.

At this pace Lord let it rain as I let go of my gravy train.

It does get easy but then gets hard,

But down this road I will go as far

Cause… This path just finds me more,

Raising me high cause Jesus is Lord

By Kapa187

Bill Gates visits Zambia

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Bill Gates the American business magnate is in Zambia.He is in the country to see his foundation’s work in the country.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides funding for Malaria No More.Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.

According to Reports from the Ministry of Health in 2011,statistics showed that deaths from malaria had decreased by over 50%.

‘I’ll be looking at malaria intervention in Zambia, because that’s where we supported the first major efforts to distribute bed nets and get people to use them. After we began this work, the U.S. started the President’s Malaria Initiative, which essentially expanded what we were doing in Zambia and replicated the program in other countries.

‘Malaria deaths are way down from their peak in Zambia. Bed nets have been very effective. But we’re still looking for answers to some questions about them. How much do they help long term? How quickly do they wear out? Despite them, do malaria deaths eventually rebound, as we’ve seen somewhat in Zambia (particularly in the north)? Why the increase – is it because people didn’t use the nets, because they’re torn, because mosquitoes adapted, or simply because mosquito numbers vary from year to year?

Nobody ever thought bed nets alone would drive malaria to zero. They’re a really good tool, but you’ll need a couple other tools that you use in a deep way to ever get to eliminating malaria in a particular location or community. Everything we’re learning is equipping us to achieve our long-term goal, which is to eliminate malaria locally in a whole lot of communities, building to eventually emptying the malaria map,’Mr.Gates said.

Source[The Gates Notes Blog,LT]

Inflation up to 6.4%

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Some Lusaka residents captured inside Spar Store shopping
Some Lusaka residents captured inside Spar Store shopping

Reuters reports that Zambia’s inflation quickened year-on-year in March, pushed up by higher food prices, while the economy grew slightly more in 2011 than earlier estimated, the Central Statistics Office said on Thursday.

The year-on-year rise in the consumer price index in Africa’s biggest copper producer accelerated to 6.4 percent from February’s 6.0 percent – its lowest rate in at least 10 years – mainly due to the rising cost of food, the heaviest weighting in the inflation basket.

A Reuters poll last week showed Zambia’s inflation should stay in single digits and average 7.2 percent this year.

However, analysts said weakness in the kwacha currency since the election in September of populist opposition leader Michael Sata posed a threat to that relative price stability.

The kwacha, which hovered around the 4,700 to the dollar level for much of 2011, has lost around 6 percent since Sata’s election victory in September amid fears his administration will make life harder for foreign investors.

It was trading at 5,270 on Thursday.

“There will be a lot of pressure on inflation in the coming months arising from a weaker kwacha, higher oil prices and wage demands,” said Joseph Chikolwa of the Economics Association of Zambia, a Lusaka-based think-tank.

“Still, I don’t think we will see double digits because food inflation will be moderated by the new maize harvest.”

The central bank is due to announce an inaugural benchmark interest rate later on Thursday, a move analysts said should help steer the economy towards price stability.

The CSO also increased the southern African country’s growth estimate to 6.6 percent from the 6.5 percent earlier stated, compared with 7.6 percent expansion in 2010. Growth was mainly driven by the construction sector.

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund forecast higher economic expansion of 7.7 percent for Zambia this year due to strong growth in copper production and non-maize agriculture.

[Reuters]

Former defense chiefs formally arrested

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File: Former Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Wisdom Lopa (left) and Zambia National Service Commander Major General Anthony Yeta

The joint investigative wings have formally arrested and charged three former defence chiefs.

These are former Zambia Army Commander Lieutenant General Wisdom Lopa, former ZAF Commander Lt. General Andrew Sakala, and former Zambia National Service (ZNS) commandant Major General Anthony Yeta.

The three have been arrested and charged with theft by public servant.

This is connection with the disappearance of the K1.5 billion meant for the operations of the three wings of the defence, namely Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service.

The three whilst acting together allegedly stole 1.5 billion kwacha funds meant for the defense wings for operations during and after the elections last year.

The three former defence chiefs have since been granted 50 million kwacha police bond each with two working sureties and are expected to appear in court soon.

Joint investigative spokesperson Charity Chanda confirmed the development to journalists a short while ago at Woodlands Police Station were they appeared

QFM

President Michael Sata concludes his investment promotion engagements in India

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President Michael Sata has today concluded his investment promotion engagements in India.This is according to a press statement made available to the media by his special assistant for press. The statement did not state when the president is likely to fly back to Zambia.

According to the statement, Mr Sata had his last investment promotion meeting with Apollo International Limited who have expressed interest to construct a super-specialist hospital in Zambia.

The multi-million dollar Group of companies also expressed interest in constructing grain storage silos and engage in value-addition community-based technology transfer targeting rural areas.

During the meeting, Apollo International Ltd president Mr. Naveen Kapur told the Head of State that his company would in addition produce tool-kits to promote vocational skills that would create employment for the youth.

President Sata who was flanked by Zambia’s High Commission to India Ms. Susan Sikaneta and First Secretary for Press & Tourism Mr. Bwalya Nondo assured Mr. Kapur that appropriate authorities in Zambia would facilitate the company’s investment plans.

The President said his Government was keen to ensure that every investment opportunity created jobs across the board and assist in curbing rural- urban migration, which was triggered by the urge for employment.

70 Lusaka residents compensated to pave way for Lusaka ring road project

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LUSAKA Mayor, Daniel Chisenga
LUSAKA Mayor, Daniel Chisenga

Seventy people whose houses are earmarked for demolition pave way for a major ring road project in Lusaka have been compensated.

The road project in some parts of Kabwata and Chilenje is expected to commence next month end.

Lusaka Mayor Daniel Chisenga said the 30 Billion Kwacha budgeted for the project has already been released to seventy owners while two households are yet to be paid.

Mr Chisenga says some of the people who have been paid have already started parking and preparing to move.

And the Mayor says he is impressed with some road works carried out in some parts of the city because there has been fresh focus on the construction of a good drainage system besides the roads .

Mr Chsienga says this will ensure that rain water drains easily and does not impact on the quality of roads after they have been constructed.

He was speaking after a tour of some of the roads in the city.

[ZNBC]

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