The Local Authority in Kasempa district has directed mines in Jifumpa area to suspend the movement of copper along the Kasempa-Mumbwa road until the road is rehabilitated.
Town Council Chairperson, Brian Kakonkanya directed all mines using the Kasempa-Mumbwa road to stop transporting their copper until they work on the road.
Mr Kakonkanya said this during a stakeholder engagement meeting in Kasempa district today where he directed mines operating along the said route to work on the road which has been damaged by their heavy loads of copper.
“We are going to suspend the movement of all your trucks, you can continue with your production there but you are not going to transport,” he added.
“We are not going to compromise or backtrack enough, those that are carrying copper need to work on the road,” he said.
Meanwhile, District Administrative Officer Francis Makanga appealed to residents living along the Kasempa-Mumbwa road to avoid blocking the road.
He urged people to use the right channels when to air their concerns and to avoid taking the law into their own hands.
Mr Makanga called on the residents to remain calm as the government was attending to their concerns of working on the Kasempa-Mumbwa road.
“People put rocks in the road at night and when driving the rocks may cause an accident which can be very unfortunate,” Mr Makanga added.
These are the issues that he’s supposed to address and not what a thug Jay Jay Banda was. Our president has misplaced priorities. That road has been in bad shape for a long time and those trucks have just worsened the situation. This is where NAPSA money should be put and not those criminal PPPs
More like a ministry of local government issue to resolve. Hon Garry Nkombo’ has a lot of work to do, not chasing Kachasu brewers and street vendors. That ministry’ main objective is lost. It’s like we don’t know what the first two words mean “local government”. In this case the local government/council has failed to manage the stretch of roads in their locality. Now businesses should close down until the road is repaired. What a joke!!! Yet they draw salaries and benefits, year after year. To save money, abolish all local governments/councils. Give the money to each and every citizen. People serve themselves anyway. With that money, we can drill boreholes, sort out sewerage and waste, clean our surroundings.
A nation with bad roads, how can a road that carries the heart of the nation copper & other minerals be in bad state? Yet they are busy going after ECL & his boys. Build infrastructure imwe mwefibantu. Umungulu. Ahhh kedauti.. fimbenuma, fimbo poke
They going after them for exactly that reason they did not repair roads and other things with the money that got spent some how. They now have to make sure the same would not happen to them in the future. All the wrongs of today is from yesterdays and yesterday years
Those are the roads that need tolls and weigh bridges but government focuses on urban roads
Is it the job of the mines to repair roads? They pay taxes to government and its the government that repairs the roads.
Razor you are right but most third world countries do sign MOU’s with investors to maintain roads and other infra-structure. Zambia’s Copperbelt was built mostly by the Mining companies who constructed roads, houses water and sewerage systems electricity supply including beerhalls and recreational centres. Moise Katumbi in neighbouring DRC’s Katanga effected similar policies and Geccamines constructed and rehabilitated the province’s roads. DRC also has a minerals for infrastructure contract with China which owns most of the Cobalt mines there.
What is wrong with Zambian politicians? How complicated is it to craft a road infrastructure plan? The country is sitting on a 30 billion dollar debt yet no single highway has been built.
At times its important to understand, who is in-charge of the health of a President of Zambia?
It should be as per standard, internationally, a Chief Medical Advisor to the President, and NOT a nephew and a clinical officer.
But now, what happed during President Sata?
As a Zambian, I have all the right to request an inquest on what transpired on President Sata when he was taken to Israeli, hospital for medical checkup.
Your Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, Dr., President of The Republic of Zambia
However the Chinese employ child labor in DRC mines. And the government does nothing about it