A two year old boy of Chanyanya in Matente area of Kafue district has died after falling into a water well.
Both the area Councilor Maurice Hikapulwe and Area Community Development Officer Fredrick Milandu confirmed the incident to ZANIS today.
Mr. Milandu told ZANIS that the boy drowned at around 13:00 hours yesterday when his mother was away for work.
He said the boy, who was left under the care of his brother, was only discovered in the well when the mother returned from work and went to draw water.
Mr. Milandu said the body of the boy was retrieved by the uncle and rushed to a nearby clinic where it was certified dead.
He has since appealed to well wishers to sink a borehole in the area.
And area Councilor Maurice Hikapulwe described the death of the toddler as unfortunate.
Mr. Hikapulwe has since appealed to members of the community to leave their children in custody of people who are caring.
He has also appealed to the community to bury all unprotected wells in order to save lives.
The people of Matente area have had no water since they were relocated from the islands and given tents as temporal shelter last year following floods.
They dug up unprotected well for their source of water.
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irresponsible governments of Kaunda, Kafupi, Mwanawasa and the worst of all Banda are to blame for such disasters. with more than 40yrs of independence we can’t still have access to better forms of water distributions, despite having water and rivers all over Zambia. let Banda be informed of this bereavement that has befallen our country on Christmas day while he is busy with more than 20 people at Mfuwe eating our tax money. my condolences to the affected family. its not possible to pay 100% attention to the family in the country where unemployment is so rampant and the government is busy giving work permits to Chinese casual workers and business licenses to barber shop owners. jobs that can be done by local people. my condolences to the affected family. we are together in morning.
How sad. Was his brother underage himself or just too careless? To be born poor is a crime in this time.