GOVERNMENT yesterday gave out offer letters to 24 sitting tenants of houses at Chipata-Mchinji Railway Station Township in Chipata.
The three categories of pool houses that ranged from K600, 000 to K1.750, 000 were offered to sitting tenants as part of the Government’s housing empowerment scheme. The tenants are expected to pay K133, 533 to the ministry of lands as acceptance offer within 90 days.
Speaking during the official handover ceremony held at the rail station, Provincial Permanent Secretary Eularia Mwale said the government was committed to empowering its people with better shelter.
Mrs Mwale, who was accompanied by her Assistant Secretary Peter Ngoma, said about 150 more houses would be offered for purchase to other sitting tenants in the district.
“Close to 150 more houses, the location I cannot mention now but win Chipata are yet to be given to the other sitting tenants, Ms Mwale said.
The Permanent secretary emphasized that the giving out of houses to sitting tenants was not a political gimmick but was a deliberate government policy of empowering its people with accommodation. She appealed to the owners of the houses not to vandalise or resell the house but to guard them jealous.
In passing a vote of thanks, Railway Township chairperson Emmanuel Nyirenda hailed President Rupiah Banda for the good gesture.
Mr Nyirenda said the tenants who were now legal owners of the houses were thankful to the Government for responding quickly to their pleas.
“We the tenants who are now landlords are very thankful to the Government particularly to President Rupiah Banda for listening to our cries and truly it is a dream-come-true,” Mr Nyirenda said. Another beneficially, Peter Biemba said he was excited that the Government had finally given them the houses.
The houses were built in the early 1980s to provide accommodation to people who were working on the construction of the Chipata-Mchinji railway line.
The project was abandoned in 1992 and was only revitalized in 2006 and finally launched by President Rupiah Banda with his Malawian counterpart Mbingu Wa Mutharika last year.
[Times of Zambia]
Why did she have to emphasise that this is not a political gimmick unless she knows that it is?
“As a man thinketh…
This is broad day light vote rigging.
Donkey Kubeba!
Corruption full speed ahead. Voting for the MMD is endorsing theft of public assets.
Why shouldn’t a person who has bought a house sell it if that is what they want?
RB/ZAMBIA GOVT IS DEMON POSESED…MAY GOD INTERVENE WE REMOVE THIS GOVT
Is it true that Vernon Mwaanga is found with ballot papers?please make me clear coz somebody just phoned me.
Soon there will bo no more houses to sell! just wondering what the next gimmick of pleading for votes will be! cheap campaigns!!!
@5 Morgan, do not alarm , or start a fire which you can not quench. Stop the Kaponya kind of thinking. We need serious minded bloggers here.
Pool Houses! Where will the future employees be residing? Build them new homes? OMG
Ba LT you sholud be serious, the story is about Title Deeds, why should you put a picture of a woman on a bike…i now wonder if your stories are credible. Question for you Ba LT, if you wer to write a story on SEX, what photo are you going to put?
A house at K1,750,000.The MMD government has no shame.
Poor villagers! Made to pay between K0.6 million and K1.7 million to vote MMD back into power.
I know there are beautiful cottages in Eastern province but surely they can’t be that cheap.
Time will tell.
when the MMD gvt says they will do something they do exactly that…chwee chweee chweeeee
I thought Title Deeds are difficult to get here in Zambia, now they are given in advance before full payment. This is corruption at it’s best.
Giving out of houses to sitting tenants is a political gimmick at this time of the year and at the fast rate. .
LETS THINK OF THIS,HW ABOUT THOSE OTHER CIVIL SERVANTS NOT STAYINF IN INSTITUTIONAL HOUSES, WAT ARE THEY TO BENEFIT? IS IT JUST A ONE SIDED BENEFIT.THIS IS NOT HELP.HOW ABOUT GIVING THEM CASH EQUIVALENT TO THE HOUSES’ PRICE?SOMEONE ANSWER ME
Campaign gimmick much???!!!!