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(LUSAKATIMES) MMD thanks NW Province but Chief Mpidi not satisfied

MMD thanks NW Province but Chief Mpidi not satisfied
November 10, 2008

The MMD leadership in Northwestern Province has thanked the people in the Province for electing Mr. Rupiah Banda as republican President.

Provincial Secretary Obert Mayambu said that the people of the province were happy with the economic and good governance programs embarked by the party throughout during the years it has been in government.

Mr. Mayambu said that the Party has promised to work with the new President in improving the lives of the people in the province.

Mr. Mayambu further said the Province has endorsed the proposal by the Chairman of Information and Publicity for MMD Benny Tetamashimba that President Banda should be the Party’s Acting President because he has shown that he can organize and make the party tick throughout the nation.

Meanwhile Chief Mpidi of Zambezi District in Northwestern Province says he feels neglected due to lack of development in his area.

Chief Mpidi said this when Northwestern Province Permanent Secretary, Jeston Mulando, paid a courtesy call on him at his palace over the weekend.

Chief Mpidi claimed that feeder roads, especially from the Boma leading to his area and palace, were in a deplorable state and needed much attention.

He observed that feeder roads in his chiefdom were cardinal because they enable farmers transport their farming inputs to the market outlets, adding that the area produces a lot of maize.

Chief Mpidi has since appealed to government to consider putting up a pontoon on the Zambezi river to connect Mpidi to Lukulu district in Western Province to reduce the long distance and enhance transportation and promote trade between Zambezi and Lukulu.

The traditional ruler bemoaned lack of qualified officers at Mpidi Rural Health Centre, adding that the clinic was being manned by unqualified Classified Daily Employees (CDEs).

Chief Mpidi added that there was need to expand the rural health center and eqip it with qualified personnel to avoid preventable deaths.

And Northwestern Province Permanent Secretary, Jeston Mulando, said government has already mobilized machines to work on Mpidi/ Zambezi road which would be graveled by April next year.

Mr. Mulando said a team of experts would also be sent to Mpidi to go and assess the site so that plans to put up the pontoon would be considered.

Mr. Mulando said government has plans to construct high schools, local courts by 2009 and also expand Mpidi rural health center.

Labels: CHIEF MPIDI, ELECTIONS, MMD, NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE

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