President Hakainde Hichilema officially launched the Tennor and Amatheon Farm for Agricultural Expansion in Mumbwa District, Central Province yesterday. The President expressed gratitude to farmers for heeding the call to produce food throughout the year and encouraged commercial farmers to share their knowledge, skills, and machinery with neighboring small-scale farmers.
“This collaborative approach will not only enhance productivity but also foster a sense of community,” said President Hichilema.
During an engagement with traditional leaders of Mumbwa District, led by Senior Chief Shakumbila, the President reaffirmed the government’s commitment to constructing palaces for traditional leaders, offering free education, and creating jobs across various sectors to uplift lives. “Together, we shall overcome these challenges and build a prosperous Zambia for all,” he added.
However, the President also lamented the continuous bushfires in the Central Province. He appealed to traditional leaders to help curb these fires, noting that they deplete forests crucial for livestock farmers. This call was made during a meeting with six traditional leaders at Amatheon Agri farm.
President Hichilema, who encountered bushfires on his way to the agro-company, emphasized that indiscriminate bushfires pose a threat to both the environment and livestock farmers. Shortly after his meeting, a fierce fire swept through an area near where choppers were parked, forcing pilots to relocate them.
Additionally, President Hichilema addressed legacy issues of encroachment on the farm for Amatheon Agri Company and advised the company, which is also involved in agro-processing, to introduce grower schemes to empower locals.
“We encourage commercial farmers to consider sharing their knowledge, skills, and machinery with neighboring small-scale farmers. This collaborative approach will not only enhance productivity but also foster a sense of community,” reiterated President Hichilema.
He just have to open 1 such farm a week for rest of the year, all unemployed will have a job.
When I visited Zambia recently,all the way from Lusaka to Ndola ,the tbere were bush fires. Its high time a law is passed to punish people who deliberately start these bush fires and indiscriminately cut down trees.
Opening of farms will not help as the drought
Has ravaged most farms and irrigation is
Very expensive which needs to be supported
By government.
“It can’t be done, it’s too expensive”, “I can’t sleep with Sylvia, she too expensive”.
Stupidity way of thinking.
The only time you will see him smile is in the presence of the white skin…
What inferiority complex can do to villagers of komyuniti
It is gratifying to note that our own conman is now being known internationally for who he is. You can fool some people sometimes but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Talk shows do not develop anything. Activities of theft quickly show their ugly heads. The rest of the country is wide awake now.
All these are just “projects” to buy time and keep the gullible thinking that their leader is doing something, he knows he has failed. But it is gratifying to note that the rest of the globe community have began to know who Hakainde really is. The time he conned the Zambian electorate is over. His assertion of meeting ECL is just crocodile tears. ECL must not make a mistake of meeting him, unless there is sufficient security.
Sometimes you wonder whether people really read articles or just give preconceived comments. The issue is about launching the expansion of an existing, large agricultural establishment that is basically in private hands. They private farmers know about prevailing drought and water issues and would not be going ahead unless they knew that the drought risk was mitigated for. How surely does buying time by the President come in here?
Why is Hakainde there if the project is in private hands?? He should be doing Govt work. Let the private do their work without the corrupt hands of Govt. For your own information your president smiles too much when he sees muzungus have you ever wondered why?
I hope they won’t start massive construction of dams as a cover up for illegal gold mining. There’s a lot of gold in Mumbwa
Chendabusi, I thought it would be obvious. Hakainde is there because private sector is an important development ally. Think of the jobs that are to be created as well as the contribution to food security with all season food production. In addition, think of the benefits of capacity that can be created if such organisations share some agriculture technology with local smallholder farmers as HakaInde requested. So you see, he is doing govt work by being there.
Hakainde has set a very very low level for head of state. The ministry of Agriculture has seniors, directors, Ps and minister what is so special about him going to be there in the wake of this national catastrophe? Three years into presidency, we are still wondering what the national development agenda of UPND is??? The only ones who know are his spokespersons.
HH is not presidential material
He should have gone to Min of finance as he would have excelled there