COMMENT - So Minister Elijah Muchima, when is this going to change? It does not help the farmers to just know why they are not getting payed for their product or work. How about cash on delivery?
Delayed payment of farmers due to untimely budgetary allocation
Friday, October 29, 2010, 11:39
Southern province minister, Elijah Muchima has attributed the late delay of paying farmer’s maize grain sold through the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to untimely budgetary allocation that was slotted to the agency during the 2009/10 farming season.
Mr. Muchima however said government was doing everything possible to ensure that all the maize from the season’s bumper harvest shall be secured and paid for.
Officiating at the Chungu , Lwiindi traditional ceremony of chief Chikanta of the Tonga people in Kalomo recently, Mr. Muchima said FRA before the maize buying extension exercise of September 30, to October 30, managed to buy 800,000 x 50 kilo grams of maize requiring a total of K62 billion to be paid out to the farmers.
He however, observed that not all the farmers have been paid to date due to limited budgetary allocation which was given to FRA.
The district in the previous farming seasons saw FRA operating in only 7 buying satellite depots while this year it increased to 21 depots.
” We budgeted for K100 billion for FRA but with due respect even to our mothers, when you are an expectant mother and you are thinking of a giving birth to one child but upon delivery you give birth to triplets what do you expect of your financial planning for your babies?” the minister explained.
And FRA spokesperson, Mwamba Siame also confirmed in an interview that by mid October, a balance of K33.7 billion had been paid out with 29 billion balance to offset the farmers for their produce which is channeled through the local Finance Bank.
Mrs Siame however said the Agency was on a monthly basis remitting colossal millions of kwachas to 68 districts in the country engaged in the maize buying exercise from farmers.
She also disclosed that over 100 tarpaulins have been sent to the district to secure the bought grain that is on open slabs and storage sheds to protect it from excessive exposure to either sun or before the onset of rains.
The FRA is also hauling maize to a newly constructed storage shed in town with a capacity of 400,000 x 50 kilograms bags of maize that costed K1.1 billion and built by a Chinese contractor, Camco.
Meanwhile, government under the National Rural Water and Sanitation Supply programme with the cooperation of the Danish International Development Agency (DANNIDA) is engaged in the construction of Siachiba Dam in chief Simwatachela’s area of Kalomo to alleviate water problems faced by the rurals in the locality.
Kalomo district council secretary, Alfred Mungalu said the construction of the dam which has its works done by 40 per cent by CHOBRO Earth moving would cater for over 3,260 people in the dotted nine villages living around its vicinity. He said the project was one of the biggest GRZ/DANNIDA/Community funded project in the district apart from the drilling of boreholes being carried out in the same programme.
The construction of the dam is to cost over K1.168 billion and so far project chairperson, Ketson Siampule has commended the contractor for good workmanship at the site which he said 4.5 metres depth have been done. Siampule said the water body would alleviate water problems faced by the existence of dry boreholes in the hilly Simwatachela chiefdom part.
And the Kalomo community has expressed concern of the opening of the K1 billion district hospital project which started four years ago. The project undertaken by JOKA construction limited through the poverty reduction programme is suppose to house dual male and female surgical/medical wards together with a children’s wing including a theatre compartment and a maternity wing.
The current district hospital is rated as a grade 1 urban clinic operating without a theatre. However district health sources said almost all the works have been done with only few touches remaining.
Labels: ALFRED MUNGALU, ELIJAH MUCHIMA, FRA, LWIINDI
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Lwiindi Kuzyola Mukuni Ng'ombe traditional ceremony elaborated
Written by Edwin Mbulo Livingstone and pictures by Eddie Mwanaleza
Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:51:35 PM
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe last Tuesday bestowed a new title on chief Mukuni as a Chief of Chiefs during the Lwiindi Kuzyola Mukuni Ng'ombe traditional ceremony of the Leya people of Kazungula district at Simukale Shrine about seven kilometers east of the Victoria Falls.
The ceremony held annually in July to trace the movement of chief Mukuni Ng'ombe silenced the thunder and roaring of the Mighty Victoria Falls because the pomp and splendour which characterised the arrival of President Robert Mugabe amid tight security. Any way, President Mugabe always travels big.
True to Mukuni village's tourism agenda, the ceremony attracted a lot of tourists while some female foreign tourists who could not gain access in to the main arena opted to climb trees to get a vintage view of the proceedings also graced by President Rupiah Banda.
The Mukuni Royal Establishment representative Malumo Sianga who was also the masters of ceremonies gave a narrative history of the ceremony which was to highlight movements of chief Mukuni from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"The bene Mukuni at the Victoria Falls originates from the statesman, diplomat, conqueror, pacifier, possessor of supernatural powers and empire builder called Mukuni N'gombe who originated from Kola present day Democratic republic of Congo. He was the son of King Mulopwe of the Bayeke Empire in present day DRC and forced to migrate to escape the turbulence that engulfed the Lunda-Luba Empire in the 17th century," said Sianga.
He said that after enthroning his relative along his journeys, Mukuni Ng'ombe ended up in Zimbabwe.
"After planting his sisters, sons and daughters along the trek that saw him pass through present day Central and Southern provinces of Zambia where he allowed his sister to get married to Gawa Undi of the Chewa people in Easthern Province where you now find Nyanje and Sandwe. He ended up in Northern Zimbabwe but due to the raging battles influenced by Shaka Zulu in that part of the country, Mukuni Ng'ombe decided to settle by the Victoria Falls at a place known as Gundu which was under a female ruler the Bedyango," he said.
Sianga explained that the whole meeting and his decision to settle in Gundu was partly due to Mukuni's falling in love with the beauty of the land around the Victoria Falls and the Bedyango.
"Partly awed by this natural wonder of the world and partly for romantic reasons, he married the reigning female ruler who was a descendant of the defunct Rozwi Empire. Their first meeting was here at Simukale shrine and a prduim had to be erected as the Bedyango and her people did not trust the stranger and had to meet on a podium in order to be seen by all. The porduim currently has steps bearing 18 names of the past chiefs and 17 names of the past female rulers," said Sianga.
And the Bedyango Ann Siloka XVIII in an interview later said that the two married and entered into an agreement that they would all not lose there leadership powers as they were kings and the Bedyango had to stripe off the title of Ng'ombe from Mukuni and bestowed him a title of Munokalya Muchelwa meaning the Lion King as the title Ng'ombe was of a lesser animal.
"The lovers struck a deal whereby they would create a dual monarchy with the female ruler having an exclusive powers over agriculture, land, culture, birth and death rites and assumes all powers in the absence of the chief and during a transitional period. This is during the death of one king which we refer to as Bwe Yanduka (The stone has broken) because during the installation of a king, we induce a special stone called Nkecheyo. Even at the palaces, we have two palaces one being Lumpasa - the Lions Den and Nanjina the Bedyangos' palace as she is a mother of all. As for the male ruler, he is in charge of all political, economic, defence and judiciary matters," she said.
The Bedyango added that with time, the system had to be devised so that the dual system is protected.
"After the death of the first Mukuni a system which required that all daughters of chief Mukuni born in the palace assume the role of the Bedyango and sons of the chief also born in the palace assume the role of the Munokalya. One has to be born in the palace because a chief is not made or trained but born as one. I'm lucky to rule with the chief because he is my elder and is the 19th while I'm the 18th on the throne," she said.
She named the past chiefs as being Mukuni Siamachoka II, Siloka II, Sianyemba , Siloka I, Mupotola, Mujimaiza, Siankondo, Sinyemba, Nchobe, Nyemba and Sichichele. Others were Chimowa, Bambebambwe, Siandele, Mushiba, Mumba and Siamachoka I.
The female rulers were Muzamba, Mukachinga, Mukamwila, Musumbo, Chintuma, Ngonya, Makamamu, Muchimba, Muchindu, Nanyemba and Mukamufu.
Others were Mukalinga, Muyoba, Muzamia, Muleya and Muyane.
And President Mugabe said that it was his first visit to the village and praised the chief for his zeal to transform the village into a tourism-oriented place.
"I did not know anything about chief Mukuni when President Rupiah Banda called me on the phone. He said that he had been requested by the chief to allow some elephants to be handed to him or given to him so that he could use them here at this centre for the purposes of tourism. I called my minister of environment and tourism and he said that he did, and I said that if he had discussed with him he was the best person to handle the matter. But when I came here, I have not seen any elephants not seen one perhaps they are still to be introduced here. It is important that our chiefs must learn to use tourism for the development of our people here," he said.
He said that the initiative of chief Mukuni should be emulated by all chiefs.
"Chiefs are custodians of our culture, surely they are not many chiefs of this calibre as chief Mukuni. The way he does his initiative here we are as presidents and politicians and his subjects at this ceremony...I think I would not regard you as chief but chief of chiefs. The initiative which has this place transformed is a wonder. If all chiefs are able to do this in their areas, development shall be easier for our people. As for the other chiefs if you want to know how to operate, go to chief Mukuni across the river there. He has shown how as chiefs and their communities should operate in a chapter of his book," said President Mugabe.
The ceremony was attended by King Mwenda Musuli from the DRC, chiefs from Hwange in Zimbabwe and paramount chiefs Mpezeni of the Ngoni people and Chitimukulu of the Bemba.
Other chiefs included Chobombo, Nyanje of Petauke, Mwemba, Momba, Chikanta, Liteta, Mungule , Chamuka, Mwata Kazembe,Nyawa and Ishindi.
Labels: CEREMONIES, CHIEF MUKUNI, LWIINDI, MUGABE
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Mugabe can never be destroyed – Munkombwe
Written by Chibaula Silwamba in Livingstone
Friday, July 10, 2009 4:38:15 PM
MUGABE can never be destroyed and he is one of Africa's strongest politicians, Southern Province minister Daniel Munkombwe has said. Speaking here on Tuesday, Munkombwe said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was a solid politician who could not be destroyed.
"Your Excellency, you are the real politician, you are the real man, you are the true African, you are solid. You cannot be destroyed. Never! We admire you and I admire you personally," Munkombwe said.
"African politicians, African parties must be aware of camouflagers, people who jump on the bandwagon for which they have no knowledge and experience. African politicians must learn to blend between the old and the new ones because there can be nothing more true than blending with the old."
Munkombwe said he knew Mugabe many years ago when he was a student in Zimbabwe.
"Allow me your Excellency to describe one of Africa's strongest politicians. I knew you from school at Matoko Secondary School in Zimbabwe long time [ago]. While I was at Matoko your Excellency, I was under the armpits of Joshua Nkomo and," Munkombwe said.
"I am a student of those people and I know when you became a teacher in Chalimbana [Lusaka, Zambia] you got so frustrated as to the way the freedom struggle was moving in Zimbabwe. You decided to abandon that job and go into fighting."
He said African politicians should not wrestle for power with older politicians who have experience in politics.
"Rupiah Banda is another product of the political system, he is not a stranger, he is not an alien like the others who jump, within one year they want to be president. And we watch them, we know them, they can never be," said Munkombwe.
President Mugabe was in Livingstone on Tuesday for about six hours, within which he officiated at the Lwiindi lo Kuzyola Mukuni Ng'ombe ceremony of the Toka Leya people of Livingstone and Kazungula districts.
Labels: CEREMONIES, DANIEL MUNKOMBWE, LWIINDI, MUGABE
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Unwell Rupiah fails to address cadres
Written by Chibaula Silwamba and Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone
Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:37:30 PM
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is sick, MMD Southern Province chairperson Solomon Muzyamba announced yesterday. And Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday described the Zambian President as "my Rupiah Banda."
Just before President Banda's departure at Livingstone International Airport, as Muzyamba was about to call upon him to address the people that gathered to see him off, President Banda called Muzyamba and quietly spoke to him.
After that, Muzyamba told the gathering that President Banda was not feeling too well.
"Good morning everybody, His Excellency is not feeling too well, he would want to leave. So he will not say anything besides bidding farewell," announced Muzyamba, as President Banda nodded his head. "It's very good he has shared with us the last four days."
Earlier, upon arrival at the airport, President Banda had an impromptu conversation for over five minutes with MMD spokesperson and local government minister Benny Tetamashimba, communications minister Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa, tourism minister Catherine Namugala, Southern Province minister Daniel Munkombwe, special advisor to the President Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika and Zambia's Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Sipula Kabanje.
Tetamashimba was prominently explaining something while President Banda and others were nodding their heads in agreement but what they were discussing was not audible.
Efforts to get an interview with Tetamashimba over defence minister George Mpombo's resignation, proved futile as he angrily declined.
"Why should I talk to you? I can't waste my time on you because those people [ZAF plane] are waiting for me," said Tetamashimba. "I can't waste my time on you...to give you an interview. Don't waste my time. Just go back!"
And officiating at the Lwiindi lo Kuzyola Mukuni Ng'ombe traditional ceremony of the Toka Leya people of Livingstone and Kazungula districts on Tuesday, President Mugabe thanked President Banda for inviting him, on behalf of chief Mukuni, to the traditional ceremony.
"Your Excellency President Rupiah Banda, and my Rupiah Banda," said President Mugabe in the preamble of his speech as people in the VIP tent burst into laughter.
"This is my first visit to this place and therefore a novice and the novices do not always know what to say. But at least there is one thing that has struck me; it is the fact that here is a chief who trekked from Congo to this place sometime ago and by his own initiatives he educated himself and now uses that education and his initiative to establish a place of this nature."
He said if all chiefs were innovative like chief Mukuni, it would be easier for governments to develop their countries.
"Not only has he made this centre of and for tradition, where annually people assemble here from various parts of the country, he has also made it a tourist centre and tourism is not just a matter of building a place and decorating it with ornaments here and there and inviting people to come and admire the ornaments or the beauty of the place. It is indeed to do that for business. So there is that aspect also to use tourism to earn income," he said.
President Mugabe said chief Mukuni was using tourism to bring development to his community and his people.
"He is not a minister, he is not a member of parliament, he is a chief and chiefs are not known in various parts of our country to have this amount of initiatives," President Mugabe observed.
"Surely there are not many chiefs of this calibre and I want to say to chief Mukuni, well done. You are not just a chief and I think I would want to regard you as a chief of chiefs."
He urged other traditional leaders and politicians to learn from developmental initiatives that chief Mukuni had embarked on.
"If you want to know what to do for your people and how to do it, if you want to know how to unite the people and interact with other chiefs, other communities, if you want to know how to cooperate with governments, go to chief Mukuni across the [Zambezi] river there. He has actually written a book on how chiefs should work, how chiefs and their communities should interact, how chiefs and other chiefs should communicate and of course how chiefs and their government should cooperate," President Mugabe said.
"The initiative itself here that has seen this place transformed that is the wonder. How many of us are capable of doing it? If all chiefs were able to do this in their various areas, development would be much easier for governments."
President Mugabe said he did not know anything about chief Mukuni until President Banda telephoned him to forward the chief's request for elephants from Zimbabwe to be used for tourism purposes at his shrine in Livingstone.
"When President Rupiah Banda talked to me over the phone and I think he was in Livingstone here, he said he has been requested by chief Mukuni to submit a further request to me for some elephants to be, I take it, loaned to him or given to him by us from our side of wildlife so that they can be here at this centre and for purposes of tourism," President Mugabe said.
"I then went into the matter and I asked my minister of environment and tourism whether he knew anything about chief Mukuni and I think he has had some contacts from him and he said yes, he did. And I said, 'well there is the matter, if you discussed with him, you are the best person to handle this case.'"
He said subsequently during President Banda's recent state visit to Zimbabwe, the Zambian leader introduced chief Mukuni to him.
"He [chief Mukuni] talked to and he mentioned something about the elephants and I referred him to my minister. So the two met and spoke about the elephants, I think the problem about elephants has been settled between them but I don't see elephants here," President Mugabe said.
"Upon my arrival at this centre, I expected to see one or two of the elephants but perhaps they are yet to be introduced to the scene."
President Mugabe said Zambia and Zimbabwe were Siamese twins.
"The [Zambezi] river is just an artificial division. But we are one people," said President Mugabe.
And President Banda said President Mugabe was a role model for him and other true Africans who fought for independence.
President Banda said enemies of President Mugabe had failed to break the Zimbabwean leader.
"May I take this opportunity to say a few words about President Mugabe; President Mugabe is not only a role model for my colleague the minister for this province, he is a role model to all true Africans, Africans who fought for the independence of this country, Africans who cherished the African nationalism and that Africa must develop itself using the talent that is in its people," President Banda said.
"President Mugabe is such a person that everyone of us know, lesser men would not be standing where he is now. They would have been broken by the intrigues of his enemies and I am very proud that he is my guest and he accepted to come today in order to be our main visitor.
"I have no speech today as I have one of the most distinguished sons of Africa as my guest at this ceremony and I would like to give him an opportunity to speak to you."
President Banda said chief Mukuni was a selfless leader.
"It [Lwiindi lo Kuzyola Mukuni Ng'ombe ceremony] is the uniting factor to our Zambian people. It is uniting us with our neighbouring countries," said President Banda.
"You [Mukuni] you are a great example of a leader who leads by example, a leader who works hard and a leader who is selfless and does everything for his people. This is one of our areas in Zambia which will produce some of the most educated Zambians."
Meanwhile, senior chief Mukuni of the Toka Leya people, through his representative Malumo Siaga, asked the government to divide Southern Province into two provinces - the plateau and the valley area.
"Our humble request to the government is that when the colonial government created regions the sharing of the cake between the people of the valley and plateau was not fair. We request you to divide the province into two parts from Livingstone to Choma being one and the other from Choma so that it is easier to administer. We, however, do not want to secede from the province," said chief Mukuni.
"We are people who believe in self reliance through the Mukuni Development Trust."
Sources here have indicated that chief Mukuni and chief Moonze of the Tonga are competing to be declared paramount chief in Southern Province, which has no paramount chief at the moment.
On Monday, chief Moonze requested President Banda's government to recognize him as paramount chief.
Labels: CEREMONIES, LWIINDI, MUGABE, RUPIAH BANDA, SOLOMON MUZYAMBA
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HH overshadows Rupiah at Lwiindi
Written by Chibaula Silwamba and George Zulu in Monze
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:36:12 PM
UPND-PF pact co-leader Hakainde Hichilema on Monday overshadowed President Rupiah Banda at the Lwiindi Gonde traditional ceremony of the Tonga people of Southern Province.
And Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said it was a big challenge to maintain African tradition and culture amidst globalisation and technological advancements that are eroding culture.
Meanwhile, senior chief Moonze of the Tonga people requested President Banda and his government to recognise him as a paramount chief in Southern Province.
The audience cheered Hichilema whenever he stood up to join the dancers and give them gifts.
When Monze district Lwiindi Gonde organising committee chairperson Rex Natala apparently forgot to acknowledge the presence of Hichilema, who is also Lwiindi Gonde patron, the audience and especially people who sat behind the UPND leader in the VIP tent repeatedly shouted "HH! HH! Zambia forward!"
When Natala praised the government, some people in the VIP tent were heard shouting: 'Corruption! Corruption!'
After observing the continued shouts, Hichilema called his deputy Richard Kapita, who in turn told party acting secretary general Chibwe to ask the UPND supporters to stop shouting. Chibwe was later seen going round the VIP seats beckoning people to stop chanting anti-government slogans.
After Natala's speech, President Banda and his Tanzanian counterpart, Kikwete, went into the arena to give gifts to the dancers without cheers or ululations. But later, as Hichilema walked into the arena while flashing a UPND symbol to give gifts to a performer of Kuyabila, the audience spontaneously cheered him amid shouts 'HH! Zambia forward!'
When Hichilema walked into the arena and the audience cheered him, President Kikwete kept on talking to tourism minister Catherine Namugala while showing the hand gestures (UPND symbol), apparently asking why Hichilema was using that symbol when walking into the arena. Meanwhile, the people who sat behind Presidents Banda and Kikwete, were also shouting: 'Boma ni Boma' [Government is government!]”
In his speech, Hichilema, who is also Lwiindi traditional ceremony patron, defied the directive not to be political and acknowledged the presence of opposition political party leaders.
"Thank you to all various organisations that have been able to be represented here, including political parties and Given Lubinda representing Michael Sata, thank you very much," Hichilema said.
Hichilema said Zambia was a country of diversity.
"Zambia is proud to have substantial and varied traditional ceremonies and cultures," Hichilema said.
"In this part of the country, there are no ceremonies of that celebrate war. There are ceremonies that celebrate economic and social development such as this particular ceremony. The dance I performed Mr President is not a violent dance, it's a dance that is demonstrated 40 kilometers from here where I was born and we celebrate that when more of our cattle has breed when we have to celebrate a good harvest. That is what people do and these are your people Mr President."
He said the Lwiindi Gonde had several aspects, one of which was rain making while the other was thanks giving to God for the good harvest.
"For many of the people in this area, they depend on agriculture and the paramount chief Moonze was known for making sure that the population was well fed. If there were rain problems or shortages of rains, Moonze Mukulu prayed to the ancestors so the rain came and so people planted, so they could have food," Hichilema said.
"As you know a population that is hungry is the population that is angry."
He said the ancestors did their part and now was the time for the current generation to play its role.
And President Kikwete said Africans must be vigilant to make sure that their cultures were not eroded.
"I thank you so much your royal highness for agreeing with President Banda for me to visit you and witness this important ceremony of the Tonga people. A ceremony dedicated to thanking God for the good rain and for the good harvest; the ceremony of asking God to give you good rains and good harvest next year. I say I am very impressed from what I have seen and what I have heard particularly from the words of chief Moonze Mukulu of the Tonga people," President Kikwete said.
“Your royal highness, may I also say a few words of praise for maintaining your tradition and culture. I say you deserve praise because in these modern days of information communication technological revolution and globalisation, to maintain our traditional African cultures is a big challenge indeed. The television, the computer, the video games and the mobile phones seem to be stealing the hearts and minds of our young men and women."
He observed that young people tend to spend more time on these gadgets and in the process learn and acquire foreign cultures and traditions. He asked chief Moonze and the Tonga people to maintain their traditions.
"Please make sure that the younger people and the educated young men and women are fully involved and participate actively and that they don’t participate like expatriates from Europe," President Kikwete said.
"They should be proud of participating in their traditions; educated or uneducated so long they are Tonga people they must participate in this tradition."
President Kikwete said it was a revolution that he had visited a village in Zambia because on many occasions he and other heads of state only go to Lusaka.
"I join you in thanking God for the good rains and the good harvest; I also join you in asking God Almighty to give you good rains and good harvest next season and forever. There should be no season when there is no rainfall and no good harvest until the Day of Judgment," said President Kikwete.
And President Banda acknowledged Hichilema's remarks that Tonga people were peaceful. President Banda said he could not deliver his speech but hoped to do so next year.
Labels: CEREMONIES, HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, JAKAYA KIKWETE, LWIINDI, RUPIAH BANDA
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Mugabe, Kabila expected to grace Lwiindi ceremony
Written by Chibaula Silwamba in Livingstone
Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:10:52 PM
PRESIDENTS Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rupiah Banda will grace this year's Lwiindi traditional ceremony of the Toka Leya people of Southern Province.
Confirming the three presidents’ expected presence at the annual traditional ceremony, chief Mukuni of the Toka Leya people of Kazungula and Livingstone districts in Southern Province said this was part of the unification process of the people that had similar ancestral roots.
He said the Mukuni family also had relatives in Zimbabwe who had been invited for this year's ceremony.
"In Zimbabwe Matebele North we have chiefs who are related to our dynasty, so President Mugabe is coming with those chiefs. We are uniting ourselves. Remember 7th July is Unity Day so it’s unity for bene Mukuni family,” chief Mukuni said.
Asked if presidents Kabila and Mugabe had accepted the invitations, chief Mukuni responded in the affirmative.
"In principle yes; President Mugabe and President Kabila have agreed because the invitations were actually through their chiefs who said they wanted to come with their presidents if we can facilitate here," said chief Mukuni.
Chief Mukuni’s invitation of Presidents Mugabe and Kabila follows the recent attendance at the Nc’wala traditional ceremony of the Ngoni people of Eastern Province in February this year by then president-in-waiting of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, at the invitation of President Banda.
In 2007, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza and the late president Levy Mwanawasa graced the Kulamba traditional ceremony of the Chewa people of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique which is annually held at Mkaika palace of Paramount chief Undi in Katete district in Eastern Province.
In 2008, DRC Katanga region governor Moses Katumbi attended the Mutomboko traditional ceremony of the Lunda people of Luapula Province at Mwata Kazembe's village, Kazembe, in Mwansabombwe.
Labels: CEREMONIES, JOSEPH KABILA, LWIINDI, MUGABE
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