Mwiimbu urges govt to aid Mubuyu Farms
Mwiimbu urges govt to aid Mubuyu FarmsBy Mwala Kalaluka
Monday February 11, 2008 [16:58]
MONZE UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu has said the livelihood of 24,000 people in Mazabuka will be adversely affected if the government does not stop the possible collapse of Mubuyu Farms. And Mwiimbu has described the recent conditions introduced by the Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development for people to access the Youth Development Fund (YDF) as stringent.
Contributing to the debate on the motion on estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 2008, Mwiimbu said it was the duty of any responsible government to ensure that business that affected the lives of the people was protected.
He said the British government was responsible enough to bail out Northern Rock when they realised that it was going under.
“Twenty-four thousand people in Mazabuka will be affected if this company is allowed to go under,” he said.
He specifically called on the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to see how they were going to intervene in the issue concerning Mubuyu Farm’s receivership.
Mwiimbu said further in his debate that the people of Katuba Constituency, whose member of parliament is finance and national planning deputy minister Jonas Shakafuswa, had suffered long enough because no one spoke on their behalf in Parliament.
“Now, I will speak for them,” Mwiimbu said whilst focusing his gaze on Shakafuswa on the government side of the House.
Mwiimbu also said it was sad that the affliction suffered by the people of Keembe, which is home affairs minister Lt Gen. Ronnie Shikapwasha’s constituency, following floods in the area was not being highlighted.
But Lt Gen. Shikapwasha rose on a point of order and asked if Mwiimbu was in order to ignore the fact that he appeared on television a few days ago to speak for his constituents in view of the flood situation.
Labels: FARMING, MUBUYU FARMS, YDF, YOUTHS
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