Concerned over the lack of accessibility by the less privileged to land owing to restrictive conditions such as land premiums, Kitwe City Council, has passed a resolution for the creation of low cost plots for the poor under what is being proposed to be known as Presidential Land Empowerment Project.
Considering the Town Clerk’s report during the full council meeting yesterday in the Council Chamber, Mayor Christopher Kang’ombe stated that the development would be a fitting legacy project for His Excellency the President Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu for being passionate about equitable land distribution.
“His Excellency the Republican President Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu is on record emphasising equitable land distribution
that takes care of the less privileged in society. Therefore the Presidential Land Empowerment initiative will be a fitting legacy for President Lungu,” the Mayor explained.
According to the resolution, the Council intends to engage the Ministry of Lands for excision of 2000 hectares of Mwekera forest reserve land for the project. Further Planing Department has been mandated to also search for any other alternative land to accommodate as many less privileged people.
Administrative works for the project are expected to last 12 months subject to the availability of land and financial support while plots allocation process is projected to commence in 2019 subject to the degazeting of land.
The copperbelt is out doing Lusaka and the tins in parliament on even simple things.
low cost plots for the poor so they build what? tin houses with pit latrines?
Tin head Jay Jay
The poor also deserve housing like elitist Jay Jay
2000hectares thats a lot of houses for the poor. If they are poor how will they buy the plot and then build the house.we are wortied about climate change yet this is 20000 hectares in a FOREST block
Mark my words rhat 2000hectares excised from the forest block will end up with a a fireign invesyor6.
An update from the diaspora , mayors no longer wear pirate hats or tbe clerk a white wig.
Council is about business not fancy dress.We dont like the white man but at every opportunity we dress up to make ourselves emulate them. They have movedinto the 21st century, where are we after 53 years of independence.
Just look at the picture and you will see
Who qualifies as poor? Can Kitwe City Council define poor for me because I don’t know how a poor person can even afford to buy a plot. I will comment further once i know what they mean by poor.
Deforestation
The man in State House is doing everything Chiluba was doing. Giving money to churches, and marketeers, selling plots to poor people and also Stealing..