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CELTEL apologises

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CELTEL Zambia has apologized to its subscribers for the network interruption that resulted into clients failing to make calls on New Years Eve.

CETEL Acting Public Relations Manager Patricia Litiya said the network jam was caused by a micro link failure in Mbabala in Choma and equipment failure on one of its switches in Lusaka on Monday, 31st December, 2007.

She told ZANIS in a statement today that the equipment failure started around 19:00 hours and was rectified at 11:00hrs on January 1, 2008.

She explained that company engineers could not access the affected site due to heavy rains hence the delay in rectifying the problem.

Ms. Litiya said the micro link failure affected the entire Southern province and Western Province.

In Lusaka, She said Celtel experienced equipment failure on one of its switches and this resulted in bad network performance in Lusaka, Central and Eastern provinces.

This occurred on Monday, 31st December 2007 and was rectified at 16:00 hrs the following day.

She said Celtel Zambia did everything possible to ensure the network was restored on time.

“In this regard, capacity was adequate to cater for the expected traffic during the festive season and generally calls and SMS were sustained until yesterday when we experienced equipment failure ,” she said.

NCC to resume sittings next week

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The National Constitutional Conference (NCC) sittings will resume on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

NCC spokesperson Mwangala Zaloumis, who announced this in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today, said members coming from outside Lusaka should arrive on Monday, January 7, 2008 in readiness for the Conference the following day.

Ms. Zaloumis said all the necessary documents will be ready for collection on Monday, January7, 2008 from 14:30 hours to 17:00 hours at Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

The NCC sittings adjourned on Friday, December 21, 2007.

Copperbelt MMD PEC advises Findley to take leave

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The MMD Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) on the Copperbelt has advised party Provincial Chairman, Terence Findley to step aside as PEC Chairman due to allegations of rape that have been labbled against him.

According to a letter dated December 29, 2007, which was signed and made available to ZANIS by the Provincial Secretary, Mr Tryson Simukoko, the PEC decided to communicate to Mr Findley and put on record the resolutions of a meeting that was held in Kalulushi on September 22, 2007 advising him to step aside.

“We write to communicate and put on record though belatedly the PEC meeting resolution of 22/09/07 in Kalulushi advising you to step aside as PEC chairman due to the serious allegations of the rape case leveled against you,” the letter read in part.

The letter, which has been copied to party President Dr Levy Mwanawasa, the national secretariat in Lusaka and the Provincial Permanent Secretary (PS) Mrs Jennifer Musonda, explained that the decision by the PEC was significantly to avoid and forestall any real and perceived embarrassment and loss of credibility to the party and its leadership including Mr Findley if he was seen at public gatherings.

The PEC has further advised Mr Findley to take ‘leave’ of his duties until his alleged rape case is cleared in the courts of law.

The PEC has since advised the Provincial PS to direct all correspondence to the party’s provincial Vice Chairman.

Mr Findley is currently facing charges of rape, assault, causing bodily harm and distribution of obscene material in the Ndola Magistrate Courts.

According to evidence that has been given in the Ndola Magistrate Court, Mr Findley is said to have had, on unknown dates but between June 2, 2007 and June 12, 2007, carnal knowledge of a named juvenile of 16 years old who is a grade ten pupil at one of the leading Secondary Schools in Ndola.

He is further alleged on the said dates to have burnt the juvenile on the buttock with a cigarette lighter and also availed her with a disc containing pornographic material.

The case comes up for continued hearing on January 25, 2008.

Financial viability is key to the success of Market Boards – Masebo

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Government has clarified that not all markets and bus stations qualify to be run by boards in accordance with the new market and bus station Act number seven of 2007.

Local Government and Housing Minister, Sylvia Masebo says councils should hence evaluate the markets and bus stations under their jurisdiction and produce management plans which will categorize the markets and bus stations into commercially viable venture.

Ms Masebo observed that although under the new market and bus station Act No 7 of 2007 councils are allowed to form market management boards, not all of them qualify to be managed by a market board.

She said this in Lusaka today when she opened a two-day workshop for local authorities and stakeholders on the urban markets development programme.

Ms Masebo charged that one crucial element in establishing market boards will be the financial viability of the market.

She said that it would be pointless to introduce a board in a market which can not generate enough income to pay for the needed basic services of a market such as clean toilets and water, proper sanitation and stalls adding that lack of this would result in frustrated marketers and shoppers.

Ms Masebo said market boards should benefit marketers by providing them with well constructed shops, clean surroundings among others things adding that once services are of good quality regularly, marketers will pay for their upkeep.

She said urban market management is about creating a safe sanitary environment for traders, clients, products and produce.

Zambia National Team Raze Jerez-Select 11-1

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Zambia completed their week-long training camp in Spain on Wednesday evening with a 11-1 win over a Jerez select-side.

Phiri said he was satisfied with Zambia’s emphatic win over a Jerez select-team on Wednesday evening.

“They did well against Jerez with no professionals and most of the players are from the Spanish lower league, he said.

“Jerez is a weaker team to Andalusia who have players like Antonio Reyes in the team.

Zambia secured their win over Jerez thanks to three braces from Dube Phiri, Jacob Mulenga and Rainford Kalaba.

James Chamanga, Emmanuel Mayuka, Felix Katongo, Ian Bakala, Adubelo Phiri and Clifford Mulenga all chipped in with a goal each.

And Zambia was expected to depart Spain at 07:30 Friday morning for Tunisia via France.

Phiri said the team will be joined in Paris by Turkish based striker Collins Mbesuma of Bursaspor en route to Tunisia was they will be camped until January 10.

Zambia will play Tunisia this Sunday in an international friendly before playing a local league team there on January 8.

Phiri said Zambia will depart Tunisia on January 10 for Morocco where they will face the Atlas Lions in another friendly match two days later.

The Zambia coach said Zambia will later leave Morocco on January 13 and fly directly to Ghana ahead of their opening Africa Cup finals Group C game against Sudan on January 22 in Kumasi.

Zambia will face four-time winners Cameroon and defending champions and record 5-time victors Egypt in their subsequent Group C matches on the 26th and 30th respectively

Utilise funds properly,public workers told

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Acting Northern Province Permanent Secretary Gabriel Kaunda has called for prudent ultilisation of public resources if the province is to attain meaningful development.

Mr. Kaunda made the call when he closed the fourth quarter Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting over the weekend.

The meeting was also attended by Provincial Minister Lameck Chibombamilimo and six other Members of Parliament.

Mr. Kaunda observed that the province had a lot of potential to attain high levels of development adding that this would only be possible if public officers responsible of managing public resources utilize them prudently.

He said the culture where officers drew public resources without corresponding output should come to an end as he would not tolerate such acts in the New Year.

Mr. Kaunda who was flanked by the acting deputy Permanent Secretary Micah Zyambo added that government was in a hurry to develop the province and urged all public workers to rise to the occasion and ensure that they effectively implemented government policies.

He observed that there was no province which was so much endowed with abundant natural resources like Northern Province.

Earlier, Mr. Kaunda told the meeting that the province has changed its budgetary focus for 2008 from rehabilitation of Social infrastructure to the rehabilitation and support to economic infrastructure.

Mr. Kaunda noted that the budget focus for 2008 was to support development of infrastructure which will increase economic activities as compared to the previous year when the emphasis was on rehabilitation and construction of health infrastructure and provision of school requisites such as desks and table.

The acting PS further said the province has set aside funds for the revival of Mbesuma ranch, Mpika diary farm, rehabilitation of furrows and weirs, construction of an industrial development centre and construction of warehouses for the marketing of tradition crops such finger millet.

Last year, the Province allocated over two K2bn to rehabilitation and construction of health and education infrastructure in the province.

Meanwhile Members of Parliament in Northern Province have appealed to government to consider allocating more resources to the Province for development in this year’s National budget.

The MPs’ made the call during the Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting in Kasama over the weekend.

The MPs said despite the Province being the biggest in the country, it usually received low funding for developmental activities resulting in the low investment levels in the region.

The MPs who included Mpulungu MP, who is also Provincial Minister, Lameck Chibombamilimo, Isoka West MP, Paul Sichamba, Lubanseshi MP, Lazarous Chota, and Lukashya MP, Alfridah Mwamba, called for fair distribution of national resources to all Provinces in order to stimulate economic development.

And Mr. Chibombamilimo said this year’s budget ceiling allocated to the province which stood at K29 billion was not adequate to cater for both Personal emoluments and developmental programmes.

He noted that the increment of K3 billion from last year’s K26 billion budget ceiling casts doubt on the prospects of the Province attaining meaningful development this year.

Mr. Chibombamilimo explained that Northern Province has abundant natural resources that needed to be exploited fully to boost economic activities in the area.

The Minister has since appealed to President Levy Mwanawasa to intervene in the matter saying it was unfair for the Province to continue crying out for more budgetary allocations every year.

Members of Parliament in the Province have also expressed concern with the continued inadequate funding towards the construction of high schools in the area.

The MPs said last year, the Ministry of Education only allocated funds for construction of one high school in Chilubi, when in fact the Province had 12 districts that also needed school infrastructure.

They observed that Northern Province deserved to have a university in order to cater for the growing populations and called on government to consider establishing one using the already existing infrastructure at Lukashya Trades Training Institute in Kasama town.

The MPs further appealed to minister of education, Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa to consider allocating more resources to school infrastructure in the Province this year in order to enhance the standard of education among the local people.

MCM acid spillage polutes Mufulira’s domestic water supply

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Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) in Mufulira has disclosed that part of its under ground water table has been contaminated following an acid spillage in to the main water supply domestic system that pumps water to households in former mine townships.

And several people have been admitted to various hospitals in Mufulira district after they complained of abdominal pains, vomiting and other aliments upon consuming the contaminated water.

The water is usually supplied to the residents living in former Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine (ZCCM) houses by Mulenga Water and Sewerage Company which has since disconnected supply to its affected consumers.

MCM Mufulira division acting Mine manager Aldo De La Cruz informed Mufulira District Commissioner Dyford Muulwa who rushed to the mine that the water table was polluted yesterday.

Mr. Cruz explained that the water could have been polluted following a crack at one of the pumps taking acid from the leach plant to the under ground.

The acting mine manager who was at grave pains to explain the cause of the latest pollution to a team of government and security officers added that the mining firm was doing every thing possible to rectify the problem.

Mr. Cruz could also not inform the government officials at the exact amount of acid that was in the water and what remedial measures the mine had put into place to curb the pollution.

Several residents became suspicious after they noticed that the water which was supplied to them today had a different colour as it looked sky blue and immediately turned black after adding chlorine to it.

And there was panic and uncertainty in Mufulira after word went round that the water being supplied to residents was contaminated.

Scores of people living in ex mine townships immediately rushed to nearest health centres and hospitals demanding to be examined by medical personnel.

The residents who were almost unruly blocked the entrance to the offices of Mulonga Water firm in the city centre and Mulonga offices situated in the mine area which were deserted.

Police had to be called in to keep vigil at the premises of both the mine plant and water firm including health centres were the irate residents had gathered.

The town centre was also sealed off by state police clad in riot gear.

And Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company branch manager Chris Chilekwa noted that the results from the collected water samples from various affected locations indicate that the PH level (acid) in the water from the mines was above normal.

Both Mulonga Water and Mopani management have not yet established the exact level of acidity which has been released into the water.

And five people in the border town have been admitted at Malcolm Watson hospital after consuming the contaminated water.

Malcolm Watson deputy superintendent Remmy Cheelo confirmed the development to Mufulira district commission Dyford Muulwa who visited the hospital.

Dr. Cheelo disclosed that 40 people had been seen by health personnel at the hospital after they complained of abdominal pains and vomiting.

And Mr. Muulwa told ZANIS in an interview that several other residents have been admitted at Ronald Rose hospital following the latest incident.

Ronald Ross executive director Makasa Sichela told ZANIS in an interview that they were no deaths after the pollution as earlier perceived by some section of the community.

And the Mufulira DC Mr. Muulwa has described the latest pollution as a scandal and totally unfortunate.

Copperbelt Minister Mwansa Mbulakulima has expressed regret at the latest water contamination by Mopani Copper Mine in Mufulira district.

He hoped the latest incident will not affect supply of water to residents in the border town.

And Mufulira District Commissioner (DC) Dyford Muulwa has told the Copperbelt Provincial Minister that one person was currently lying unconscious at Ronald Ross hospital after allegedly consuming the contaminated water.

Mr. Muulwa said this in his office today when he briefed the provincial minister about the latest acid pollution incident.

Earlier, the Copperbelt minister who was accompanied by permanent secretary Jennipher Musonda added that he was relieved that no lives have been lost as a result of the contamination of the water.

And Mufulira Town Clerk Charles Mwandila said 70 percent of residents will be affected as a result of the shut down of the Mulonga water plant following the pollution incident.

Mr. Mwandila informed the minister that he had sent health inspectors from the local authority to ascertain the exact amount of acid currently present in the water.

He added that he had been briefed by Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) management that corrective measures had been put in place to avert the situation.

And two opposition Patriotic Front (PF) members of parliament in Mufulira district have described the latest water contamination caused by Mopani Copper (MCM) Mines as an act of sabotage.

And the two law makers have meanwhile expressed fear that the entire Copperbelt region risked being affected by the pollution caused by Mopani.

The two MPs are Yamfwa Mukanga for Kantanshi constituency and Percy Chanda for Kankoyo.

In an interview with ZANIS in Mufulira today, the MPs noted that effluents from the mine were usually disposed into the Mufulira stream which was a tributary of the Kafue River and as such, the whole province was at risk.

And the two MPs have vowed that they will take the mine to the courts of law over the latest scandal.

They added that the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) should quickly move in and surcharge Mopani which they said had unfortunately abrogated existing laws for too long.

They added that today’s water contamination could have been corrected if MCM had put in place monitoring mechanisms that would have avoided the problem.

They charged that it was unfortunate that Mopani had no regard for the health and lives of the community of Mufulira as they had done nothing to avert pollution despite several appeals to the the firm.

The two parliamentarians were part of a team that visited the mine plant to have a meeting with mine management but were unsatisfied with reasons advanced to them by Mopani management over the pollution.

Sinkala Out of Africa Cup

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Zambia national team midfielder Andrew Sinkala has ruled himself out of 2008 Africa Cup finals.

The midfielder from 2.Bundesliga team Paderborn confirmed from Cologne, Germany where he is admitted in hospital that he would not be available for the Africa Cup.

Sinkala revealed that he did not think that he would recover in time from his chest infection to feature for Zambia in Ghana.

Zambia national team coach Patrick Phiri said the news was a blow to his plans ahead of the Africa Cup that kickoff in a fortnight time in Ghana on January 20.

And with Sinakla’s withdrawal from the team, Phiri is now sweating on the recovery of another 2.Bundesliga player in the form of defender Moses Sichone of Kickers Offenbach.

Sichone is currently nursing a rib injury and Phiri has given himself until the CAF January 10 final team list submission deadline before making a final decision whether to drop him.

And Zambia’s departure from Spain to Tunisia has been rescheduled from today to tomorrow team a manger Solly Pandor confirmed today from Jerez.

He said Zambia will this evening, Wednesday play a training game against a local league team before wrapping up their week-long training camp in Spain.

Meanwhile, it is still not certain as to when defender Elijah Tana of El Merriekh in Sudan would join the team in North Africa.

Tana is still in Zambia but has said today that he was still awaiting instructions from Faz on when and where he will join the team.

The defender has been conspicuously missing from Zambia’s local training camp since he arrived in the country just days before the team departed for Spain after being excused to attend to a family problem.

He even missed the team’s flight to Spain on December 25 and subsequently failed to even board a flight booked for him three days later.

Zambia on Friday head out to Tunisia where they play the latter in a friendly international this Sunday, January 6.

The team will be joined in Paris, France by striker Collins Mbesuma of Bursaspor in Turkey on the teams way to North Africa.

Following the Tunisia match, Zambia will travel to Morocco where they will take on the Atlas Lions in another warm-up January 12.

Another friendly match against Nigeria en route to the Ghana Africa Cup finals that kickoff on January 20.

Floods leave more than 200 people homeless in Sinazongwe

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Floods have left more than 200 hundred people homeless in Sinazongwe district.

Maamba Coal Mine Township special disaster Management team said at a meeting in Maamba that 108 houses have collapsed in Maamba alone.

The team that comprised of Maamba coal Mine Management, government officer, the Community, Maamba Zambia Red Cross, and the business community, said the affected people would be sheltered temporarily at Maamba High School.

The team that was chaired by Maamba Mine Acting Mine Manager Coin Siakachoma have promised to solicit for help for the affected people.

In Simankawa village in Chief Mweemba Collins Siankwazi told ZANIS that 62 houses have collapsed and water have swept away people’s fields.

Mr. Siankwazi said the affected areas included Sowoto, Sigombela, Mugonko, and Siapolo.
Abel Mununka a resident in Siansowa Township where there is the biggest crocodile farm in the country said 20 houses have collapsed.

Mr. Mununka said people were starving as they could not go out to buy food and business people are unable to deliver food owing to the impassable roads.

Sinazongwe District Council Vice Chairperson Fisher Zimana said 13 houses and several of them have collapsed in Malima and Bulya malima.

Mr. Zimana said communication problems and impassable roads were hindering people in getting the exact number of houses that have collapsed.

He said the people were also suffering because they have no access to mealie- meal and basic food stuffs.
Maamba Ward Councilor Peter Siavuulwe said heavy rains in the district have affected people’s business of selling goats and trading in various commodities.

He said most of the sub-standard structures including toilets have collapsed resulting into the high demand for shelter and mealie-meal.

He said the water born diseases such as Cholera were also expected any time since most of the toilets have collapsed.

The councillor said government should speed up its assurance of repairing the damaged road to save many lives that were already in danger.
[ZANIS]

Mealie-meal shortage hit Sinazongwe District

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Mealie-meal shortages and other essential food commodities have continued to be out of stock in Sinazongwe as result of floods that have cut off the entire district from the rest of the country.

Sinazongwe District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni said at the moment an aeroplane would be required to air lift the mealie-meal which is Zambia’s Stepple food to distribute it in areas that were completely impassable if the damaged road was not worked on time.

“Completely there is no mealie- meal in the shop, and Sugar has also run out in most shosp,” the DC said.
A Check in the Shops on Wednesday found that there was no meali-meal in all the shops.

Sinazongwe District Assistant Social welfare officer said the situation so bad that if it continued people would die of hunger in the district.
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Maamba Township floods recede

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Floods that cut off Maamba Coal Mine Township from the rest of the country have receded.

Motorists and people were now able to cross along the Kanzize Stream that burst its banks on Saturday last week owing to high levels of water that completely swallowed the bridge.

Maamba coal mine Management together with, government officers, Maamba Community, Businsess people, and Maamba Zambia Red Cross (RDC) have formed a special Disaster management team to look into the further effects of floods in the Township.

Maamba Mine Acting Mine Manager Coin Siakachoma said the mine would bring in the bullzor to work on the silt that blocked the Kanzize Bridge and to employee temporal workers to work on the drainage system.

Sinazongwe District Professional Officer Douglas Mweembe told the meeting that 108 people have been left homeless following the collapse of their houses in Maamba.

The meeting resolved to take people whose houses have collapsed to Maamba High School for a short period before Schools opens while waiting for ZRC to deliver tents to the affected people.
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Suppliers of farming inputs owed over K2 billion

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Government has disclosed that it owes suppliers of farming inputs about K2 billion in the previous contracts.

Secretary to the Treasury Evans Chibiliti disclosed to ZANIS in an interview that government has since started to address the concerns of the suppliers.

Mr. Chibiliti, who could not state how much suppliers were owed in the present contracts, expressed fear that time had run out for the supply of fertilisers to the farmers.

Omnia Small-Scale Limited and Nyiombo Investments Limited, the companies government has contracted to supply farming inputs had last month suspended the distribution of fertiliser to farmers due to outstanding payments.

Omnia has stated in a statement that the decision was arrived at so as to harmonise outstanding contractual obligations which are a standard requirement between and commercial supplier and buyer of goods.

Nyiombo had also been contracted to distribute about 17 694 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer to framers who are the beneficiaries under the Fertiliser Support Programme (FSP) of which 15, 546 has been distributed.

Company Director Dr. Maurice Yangulo a week ago had stated that the company had fulfilled it obligations in delivering the farming inputs .

By press time, efforts to get a comment from the company director on whether the company has resumed the distribution of fertiliser failed.

DEC nabs Zimbabwean duo for drug trafficking

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The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested the persons behind the trafficking of unaccompanied compressed Cannabis weighing 22 kilogrammes which was seized at the Lusaka International Airport and Livingstone Postal Services.

DEC Public Relations and Press Liaison Officer Rosten Chulu who confirmed the development in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today said the persons behind the trafficking of the Cannabis were arrested in Livingstone on December 19 and 21, 2007 respectively.

Mr. Chulu named the suspects as Phillis Sibande Mapingire 24 and Lynnatte Makai 24 both of Zimbabwe.

He said the two were arrested with another consignment of compressed Cannabis which was concealed in 10 giraffe artifacts and 10 hut shaped artifacts with 160 packets of compressed Cannabis inside the curios weighing 40kg.

Mr. Chulu further disclosed that the total number of compressed Cannabis seized from the same suspects was brought to 284 bundles weighing 62 kilogrammes.

He said the arrested persons will appear in court soon adding that the Commission would remain committed to ensuring that Zambia is not used either as a transit point or exporter of illegal drugs by its citizens or foreign nationals.

Cassava processing, a threat to marine life

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The fisheries department in Samfya has warned that
large scale processing of cassava for commercial purposes may pose a hazard to fish and other animals living in water.

The warning comes ahead of the launch of an integrated
cassava production and processing project by the government of Zambia and the Food
Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to commercialise the
cassava.

Speaking during a sensitisation workshop on integrated
cassava production and processing project for
stakeholders, Fisheries Research Officer, Bornwell
Semani said the current trend by farmers to use ponds and river
banks to ferment cassava to process it for food was not health.
Mr Semani said that these practices have been
found to be dangerous to water life especially fish
which has died from hydrogen cyanide released from
cassava.

He said a lot of fish has already died in fish ponds
due to hydrogen cyanide in Chibuye area where families
ferment cassava in ponds and along river banks.

He said unless other processing methods are devised
other than the use of rivers and ponds,the department of
fisheries foresees more serious destruction to fish
once the integrated cassava production and processing
project takes off next month.

Mr Semani said this is because farmers will start
processing cassava on a large scale for commercial
purposes, thereby increasing the amount of hydrogen
cyanide release into ponds and rivers.

The 1,081,000 United States Dollars integrated cassava
production and processing project is expected to be
launched by next month after Rome approves the
inception report for the project.

The integrated cassava production and processing
project will cover Serenje, Samfya and Mansa
districts.

Under the Technical Cooperation Partnership for
cassava production component of the project, FAO has
committed 331,000 United States Dollars while the
Italian government has given 750,000 United States
Dollars for processing and marketing of the crop.

State irked by shoddy road works

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Government says shoddy road works, particularly by local contractors, is a great source of concern.

Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President Friday Malwa says it was disheartening to see that some local contractors are derailing government efforts to develop and provide better services to the Zambian people by doing shoddy works.

Mr. Malwa says the construction industry in the country should improve in order to avoid complaints from the public about the shoddy works the road sector has continued to record.

The Deputy Minister was speaking in an interview with ZANIS shortly after touring the washed away Lusitu Bridge in Siavonga district.

He said government would like to see a situation where Zambia’s meager resources were put to good use for the country to have a good road network, which could in turn help to reduce poverty and improve transportation of agricultural yields especially in rural areas.

Mr. Malwa further said that there was need for road contractors to regain their reputation by providing quality road works.

He pointed out that some local contractors fail to do satisfactory jobs especially in the road construction saying its time they worked hard to do their best if they are not to be sidelined by government.

Mr. Malwa stated that some local contractors working on most roads were frustrating government’s efforts to develop rural areas and need not feel sidelined if government left them out.

He warned of punitive measures to all road contractors who are doing shoddy works adding that road contractors who will not be finishing the works on the agreeable time would be surcharged.

The Deputy Minister has since directed the National Council for Construction (NCC) to help government address issues of shoddy works in the road construction sector.

He further appealed to road engineers and inspectors to provide government with accurate information in order to avoid shoddy works being carried out on the Zambian roads.

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