Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) says the Lusaka Sanitation Program (LSP) aimed at improving sanitation in the city is expected to benefit 500,000 Lusaka residents.
LWSC Managing Director Jonathan Kampata said the five year programme seeks to protect the ground water, while improving the quality of sanitation in Lusaka.Mr. Kampata added that under the programme, 12,000 affordable and durable toilets, with 100 public facilities in schools, markets and
health centres, will be constructed as a preventive measure towards cholera outbreak.
He said the council is taking proactive measures towards tackling waterborne diseases such as cholera, in preserving public places.
ZANIS reports that Mr. Kampata said this in Lusaka last evening during the official launch of a campaign dubbed “I promise campaign”.
And Mr Kampata revealed that the authority will use part of the US$15 million donor funding to improve sanitation in places that are prone to cholera on an annual basis.
He disclosed that the LWSC working closely with the Lusaka City Council, Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection as well as the Ministry of Health, is committed to keep Lusaka cholera free.
And Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Permanent Secretary Ed Chomba who was represented by the Director for Planning and Information Tobias Musonda, said access to
good sanitation is a major challenge in the country.
Dr. Chomba challenged residents, and the water utility firm to maintain good hygiene practices, in order to avert the spread of cholera.
The PS in launching the “I promise campaign” said government has devised a strategy in the Seventh National Development Plan to guide the nation on good hygiene and sanitation practices.
And Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa noted that there is need to stop the spread of cholera in Lusaka through concerted efforts.Mr. Sampa further commended President Edgar Lungu for re-launching the
keep Zambia clean, green and healthy campaign early this year.
How can dirty minded Pf government ensure a clean society?
Somebody should quickly Whisper to Winter Kabimba that Ed Chomba is still working as PS. He is still pronouncing water as worrer.
Mailess
I want some worrer kikiki,but this is a government of dunderheads,even getting rid of Chomba is beyond them,napali ka Chomba”worrer” paka fume imilandu?Zambia twasebana…
TO: THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DATE: 24-AUGUST 2018
REF: PLIGHT OF COPPERBELT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED CO LTD (COP-WASTE)
Sir, we as Zambian citizens cop- waste employees in particular are suffering as we have gone for almost ten months without salaries. We sincerely thank the Government for giving us two skip loader trucks for company operations but that is not enough as hunger and poverty is the order of the day at our company.
We thank you, Mr. President for your support of the solid waste management sector, but we need what he said in the newspaper about recapitalization to be put in practical situation.COPWASTE has the ability to generate jobs with the support of your noble government.
Just like the way you helped the small scale miners to access the black…
Too many residents doing nothing in Lusaka. In the words of KK “go back to the land”
watch the $15 million dollars disappear in someones pockets!