Corruption levels worry chief Nyalugwe
By Christopher Miti
Mon 20 June 2011, 04:00 CAT
CORRUPTION is more pronounced now than during Dr Kaunda’s rule, says chief Nyalugwe of the Nsenga of Nyimba district. Speaking when Colonel Panji Kaunda paid a courtesy call on him on Friday, chief Nyalugwe said corruption was one of the greatest problems facing the country today.
“During KK’s time, there was no such issue, even the name was not even pronounced but after Dr Kaunda, corruption became an issue and up to now it is a big issue,” chief Nyalugwe.
He encouraged Col Panji to go to the grassroots and sensitise people on corruption.
He complained that Kasasamula school had no teachers and that children were not even learning. Chief Nyalugwe said the people in the valley do not understand how development was shared.
He said Nyimba needed a strong member of parliament and not those who would just be drinking water in Parliament.
He also complained over lack of communication in the area.
And the people in Nyalugwe area appealed to government to provide a boat that could help them cross Luangwa River.
One of the residents Ken Njobvu said in the olden days the government had employed a ferries man who was helping people to cross the river.
Njobvu said the situation had changed and that some children were not going to school because they had no means of crossing the river.
Labels: CHIEFS, CORRUPTION, PANJI KAUNDA, PHANEWEL NYIMBA
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Monze DACO bemoans delay in launch of FSP
Written by George Zulu in Monze
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 4:38:49 PM
THE department of agriculture and cooperatives in Monze has said the delay in the launch of the Fertiliser Support Programme (FSP)
will delay the distribution exercise of farming inputs.
In an interview, acting Monze district agriculture Coordinator Dr Phanewel Nyimba said the delay in the launch of the programme would affect the distribution programme which was supposed to have taken place sometime back.
“The delay in the launch of the FSP in Monze will affect the farming season. We have not yet distributed the inputs and we are worried because of the onset of the rains. Roads are impassable in rural areas where the inputs are needed most,” he said.
Dr Nyimba said the onset of the rains would make the distribution and transportation of the inputs difficult, especially in far flung areas where roads were in a deplorable state.
“We need to speed up the whole process of the launch of the FSP programme; we have some inputs lying in the sheds, at least if we can start with places which are difficult to reach then we can put our worries to rest,” he said.
Dr Nyimba also disclosed that Monze district had not yet received 11 000 by 50 kg bags of basal fertiliser which he said was important in the agricultural system in the country.
He said 43,720 bags of both basal and top dressing had been received so far, adding that the district has about 360 by 10kg bags of excess seed. The launch of the FSP is scheduled for Thursday this week and Monze has been allocated 54, 720 by 50 kg bags of fertiliser.
Labels: DACO, FSP, MONZE, PHANEWEL NYIMBA
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