President Hakainde Hichilema has vowed to take decisive action to address the severe flooding that has displaced thousands in Lusaka, pledging to relocate residents who have built on waterways without engaging the courts. The President’s remarks came during a visit to flood-affected areas, where he surveyed the devastation and expressed his condolences to families who have lost loved ones.
“This new challenge stems from decades of poor urban planning, which we must now face together,” Mr. Hichilema said. “We are committed to addressing this challenge, even if it means making bold decisions.”
The President declared that the government will take swift action to drain Lusaka and ensure that those who have constructed homes on drainage systems are relocated to designated areas. He assured affected residents that they would receive compensation.
The administration has called for an emergency meeting with all relevant government departments to coordinate the resettlement of displaced individuals and mitigate future flooding risks.
Defense forces have been deployed to restore critical infrastructure, including a bridge connecting the Ng’ombe and Kabanana townships that was washed away by floodwaters. The Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, pledged that the necessary resources will be allocated to implement the President’s directives promptly.
Lusaka Province Minister Sheal Mulyata confirmed that engineers will remain on-site to conduct surveys and devise long-term solutions to protect vulnerable communities from recurrent flooding.
President Hichilema also urged political leaders across party lines to put aside their differences and work together in the interest of the Zambian people.
“We must act now,” he said. “This is not about politics but about safeguarding lives.”
The flooding crisis in Lusaka has reignited discussions on urban planning and climate resilience, with experts warning that without significant infrastructure reforms, the city may continue to suffer from devastating seasonal floods.
Not wanting to be left out after visit to the areas by opposition. Too late the hero
Always acting after the fact
HH is part of the problem….now going there for photo shoot even wearing a hard hat…..Politicians are fake….we need a serious revolutionary leader to awaken us not pathological liars like HH….imagine we’re the 6th poorest County in the world and yet we have trillions worth of minerals….we cant even construct proper drainage system 60 years after independence
All Politicians are conmen…..and what a contrary from those filtered pictures we see from Lusaka July….and look at these pictures….Lusaka July is what we call boasting na njala…trying so hard to show as if things are rossy in Zambia and yet there’s filthy everywhere
A few years ago I used to wash Luanda the capital of Angola submerged in filthy rainy water but now am now watching my own country submerged in filthy rainy water….during UNIP we used to have heavy rains but no flooding….this means that our cities have become garbage dump sites
A full blown and comprehensive audit of the drainage system needs to be undertaken. The government also needs to devise a building code of practice going forward.
I repeat….LETS KEEP OUR CITIES CLEAN….STOP CUTTING TREES….STOP THROWING GARBAGE EVERYWHERE..cleanliness is a joint responsibility
In government for the 4th year now, no action but full of hollow self praise. Only that we have a fragmented and disorganised opposition and that is what gives him a lifeline in the 2026 elections.
Especially tuma egos coming from leaders of socialist party, CF and PAC, and when they get wired by UPND in 2026, they start their tuma rigging stories. Get together you chaps, but of course not for the sake of removing the party in power only, but by having tangible plans to come and sort out the economic mess worsened by the UPND IMF policies. Get us back to PF economic levels atleast