The government says its plans to set put up basic social amenities in Kasenseli area of Mwinilunga district of Northwestern province.
Northwestern province Permanent Secretary Willies Mangimela says this is because facilities such as those for health and sanitation infrastructure are important to avoid disease outbreaks which may arise due to the population increase.
He said during a courtesy call on Chief Chibwika recently that the population in the area has increased hence the need to put up such facilities.
Mr Mangimela said the government will not allow a situation that happened in Lumwana with regards to lack of settlement planning to happen in Kasenseli.
“We should not allow that mistake of Lumwana mine to happen here in Kasenseli, you have seen how they have built your royal highness, it is terrible, so we want to put things straight and the government is ready to do that, ” he said.
The Permanent Secretary revealed that he has directed Mwinilunga town council to collaborate with the traditional leadership in the area to ensure that Kasenseli does not turn into an unplanned settlement.
Following the discovery of gold deposits in the area a number of local and foreign small scale miners rushed to area to illegally explore the precious mineral.
However ,government last year declared gold as a strategic reserve and suspended all activities at Kasenseli gold mine following a cabinet decision.
Meanwhile, chief Chibwika asked the Permanent Secretary to look into the compensation of displaced farmers which he said has taken long.
The traditional leader further appealed to government to guide on whether people can continue farming in areas which have prospecting licences.
“Is it right to stop people from conducting their daily farming activities even in areas which just have prospecting licences? Because my people have been stopped from accessing their fields” the chief said.
He said for two years his subjects have not been able to cultivate because they have been stopped from accessing their fields located in areas with prospecting licences by prospecting licence holders.
There is no need for the PF GRZ to put up basic social facilities in Kasenseli mining area. PF GRZ has declared gold as strategic. Way forward relocate all settlements away from the mining area to stop illegal entries to the mining area. create new settlement with permanent social facilities and walk the talk. Zambia is not short of land, relocate those pipo to some other places within Mwinilun’ga, Zambia will not be first or last country to resettle pipo to pave way for a project that will benefit the local pipo and the whole nation at large. The mistakes of Lumwana squarely lies at the feet of Govt, what were the technocrats doing when unplanned settlements were coming up? Or as usual pipo charged with pubic responsibilities are incompetent awaiting Executive Orders from HE ECL, that…
Meanwhile they are eating your Gold without showing you where the money is going as its going straight in their pockets or sending to Luapula ….most of these mines are owned by Private sector with minimum state shareholding zero accountability and transparency. So where are you going to get the funds to set up these amenities? You have not even proposed any Social Acts ….just look at that photo can you trust such a leader as La7y Lungu with folded arms. We don’t even know how much revenue has been received from Gold mining to date.
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For those real understand the Bemba saying: Ati ifikala chimbwi tafikala nama ikata.
What are models? to my definitions they help us predict outcomes.
PF time out. You have generated so much data to be judged by the click of a mouse.
There is no doubt, our government is capable of providing facilities like hospitals, clean drinking water, sanitization but still few rural areas still lack these facilities. And hopefully, one day they get everything.
When the population is in control or less at that time the government should start providing facilities to such areas because once it starts developing, the situation goes out of control, and then it becomes more difficult to deal with the situation.
Through the economic recovery programme, Zambia will attract more international markets to invest here in rural areas. Within a year or two, all rural areas will be developed.
The government is aware of the fact that agricultural development is key for economic growth. They never allow the farmers to suffer and hence, the government will provide the license to farmers, soon.
As long as PF exist, we’ll never see any real development in NW province FULL STOP
President Lungu never distinguishes between the provinces. He initiated development such as better roads, mobile towers, clean drinking water, and sanitization, even in those rural areas where no proper roads or connectivity was available.
Zambians must truth the Lungu’s economic recovery programme. Within three years, the country will be transformed completely.
Speaking as if we don’t have eyes sure guys what’s this you saying.