Western Province Permanent Secretary Ikanuke Noyoo says Ethiopia’s booming leather industry must be emulated.
In a telephone interview with ZANIS from Ethiopia, Noyoo said the Western Province had great potential in producing leather and leather products.
He said the enormous cattle population the province had was sufficient to propel a booming leather and leather products industry.
Mr Noyoo said opportunities of establishing leather tanneries must be explored so as to ensure finished leather products locally.
The PS is leading a Zambian delegation that would explore the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on possibilities of developing the leather industry in Zambia.
The delegation includes the Western Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry, some officials from the Zambia Development Agency and Ministry of Commerce.
ZANIS
What r u talking about?
There are too many poistions in the country deputy ministers should be scrapped and a permanent secretary is enough
Lozis are born to suffer, they support wrong parties and no profit. Tongas are usually anti-GRZ but they receive the highest attention. Which province is as developed as Southern save LK and CB! Lozis wake up!
#3 Tribalist, Uichindike! Never generalize. Thats a sign of gross ignorance. Zambia has not moved forward economically in the past because of people like you.
Grow up and use your God given interllect to reason.
ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION
TRIBALIST,
You are wrong.lozis cant suffer.they are too educated and hardworking.they fend for themselves that’s why even an indian will have it rough out there.in barotse land they even a common household eat beef and rice which is in ubundant there.they use milk even to mop huts.even in far flung areas like kalabo you will the lozis on castle or even heineken.the people who will suffer and are suffering are you and GBM’s tribesmen.the bembas that’s why mulnuntrition is rampant out there.the bembas are too proud but backwards so realign your thinking.
leather business is a good idea.
Iwe boyi akapondo, we may be who we are but we have lived kwa haye, mwa mukolo and eaten litapi na likomu yonse, so don’t be funny. Educated yes, you cannot take that from a Lozi if ony zey can improve zozi pronounciations, zat intefere. All corners of Zambia now have zozi beers you are talking about even utujilijili. But does that make one more advanced? Barotse land is one province, which if it removed its segragationist policies, could make Zambia a bread basket pa Africa. Think of Egypt, those flood plains are nothing but rich humus, which can give you rich flora for food and horticulture, good grazing lands, plenty of litapi, etc, but the land is closed off from development. As you say no Indians or masholi na manyukunyuku (especially Bembas) just Lozis.
Exploring the leather business should start with the Ministry of agriculture through proper control of animal diseases. There is no European country that can import a diseased animal skin. The second point is comparing Ethiopia’s cattle to that of western province is outside the equation because Ethiopia has a superio breed to those of Western province. Summarised we need to look at animal health care, breeding and nutrition before we can think of leather business in Western province.
The so called tribez are inter-dependant on one another. They all have one or more attributes about them, but that doezn’t bring in any superiority or better pozitioning with regard to the other. What more withe emerging, Chanda Sitwala, Kwashamukwenu Hachigabalala, Mwanza Sinyangwe, Ndubeni Kawilo and so on. It’s global…
‘John solye ubwali’ – YOU HAVE A POINT MATE! WE NEED TO LOOK A THE QUALITY OF ANIMALS AND LEATHER PRODUCED COUNTRY WIDE.I BELIEVE USING THOSE HOT IRON BRANDS DIMINISHES THE VALUE OF THE HIDES.
SOME KIND OF TANNERY EDUCATION WOULD BENEFIT THE CATTLE SELLERS AND ALSO EMPHASIS ON SHARING THE SPOILS WITH THE CATTLE OWNER AND NOT JUST THE MIDDLE MAN REAPING WHERE THEY HAVE NOT SOWN.
EFFECTIVE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IS ANSWER! NOT MARRYING THE ANIMALS MINA MA TONGA!!
Ba LT mulenchinga ukulanda na kasama boy,mwaiche wenu.lekeni tumwebe kapuli alekwatako umuchinshi.
Tribalist ur retarded
Who gave that education to the Lozis who paid for it answer me whose money did they use how ever we have professors almost from all tribes in Zambia thank God the first female professor is BEMBA
The govt must follow up that business and encourage people in western province donnot just leave it to the province Lusaka must be involved unfortunately we have a sleeping govt on interested in begging from other nations
Who can develop this industry in western province, all educated people do not want to stay there fear of witches, they are on the Copperbelt, Lusaka, Mzabuka and Livingstone. Educated Lozis do not step a foot in their own land. That province will always be the least. Obama says education without success is worthless. Lozis can be the most educated and can also be the poorest. A Bemba can have a Diploma and make use of it to make his life better, but a Lozi can have a PHD and still be poor and a dependent to Rupiah Banda kneeling for a job. Another true story is that lozis are Yes Bwana people and they all the time need supervision.
Who said all educated do not want to stay in Barotseland…. Thats a silly comment. Just wait and see…. Investment on the way!!!!!! To me the leather biz is the way to go in Barotseland….
Persons like u Lilato or Chikondi need proper supervision coz your language is very backwards, how do u just open your mouth b 4 talking. Point any Lozi who is just keeping his\her PHD. Just think one day, by yourself that why do 3 quaters of the people hurt the Barotse people, u will realise that there is nothing apart from natural hatred. Chikondi think b 4 tok, zambia is one, it will never b two. Ure just making what we call fallacies by generisation. I dont blame u, i know where u come from.