Chief Mukutuma 'cries for cold beers'
Chief Mukutuma 'cries for cold beers'By A Correspondent
Wednesday February 20, 2008 [03:01]
CHIEF Mukutuma of the Lamba people of Lufwanyama district on the Copperbelt has said he wants his chiefdom to be electrified for him to enjoy the luxury of drinking very cold beer from the fridge. Chief Mukutuma said the absence of electricity in his chiefdom had deprived him of enjoying cold beer. He asked the government to expedite the electrification of his chiefdom.
Chief Mukutuma said this when Copperbelt minister Mwansa Mbulakulima visited his palace on Monday. He said he was using sacks to cool his beer and was therefore not enjoying it. Chief Mukutuma said it was shameful for chiefs to live in houses without electricity for a long time despite being on the Copperbelt where there were a number of economic activities.
“I don’t enjoy beer from the sack because it is not as cold as the one from the fridge. This is why I am saying that I want you to expedite the electrification of my chiefdom so that I can also enjoy cold beer from the fridge. So please I would like also to enjoy cold beers from the fridge, just like you enjoy in the city,” chief Mukutuma said.
And chief Mukutuma said he was disappointed that councillors were not visiting him to explain various developments taking place at the council. He said councillors were not performing their duties as expected and was wondering whom they were representing at the council, if they did not visit the electorate in the area.
He also urged the government to put up a number of health centres, schools and other infrastructure to effectively improve people’s lives in the area.
And Mbulakulima, in response, said the rural electrification programme was not mere rhetoric and that the government would ensure that it electrified the chief’s palaces in the province.
He said the programme had been derailed due to various problems, but was optimistic that the programme would come to fruition.
“Your Royal Highness, a number of demands have overwhelmed various government programmes, but I am certain that we shall deliver on our promises. We shall electrify your palace and you shall enjoy your cold beer,” said Mbulakulima.
Labels: CHIEF MUKUTUMA, CHIEFS
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2 Comments:
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I once read about a Zambian farmer who built his own biofuel diesel pump for irrigating his land.
He had also built a water driven electric motor that he used a waterfall to turn the turbine.
Some of this technology needs to be shared around Zambia so everyone out of reach by zesco can sustain themselves and help the earth survive.
It would be easy for the government to set up a fund for Zambian engineers, so they can patent their designs, and help them find and hire or sell their ideas to manufacturers, so they can be turned into Zambian produced goods.
In fact there should a huge number of programs like that for all business sectors.
The goal should be to turn at least 20% of tuntembas into legit businesses. That would generate a huge demand for skilled workers. Peoples wages go up. Poverty ends. :)
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