Senior Chief Ndungu of the Luvale speaking people of North Western Province has called on government to delimitate Zambezi constituency and create a central constituency that would comprise wards that will be within five to 10 kilometres from the post office.
The chief said delimitating the constituency would assist in ending tribal tensions being experienced in Zambezi district because a central constituency would be independent of any tribal interference.
He said this in a speech read for him by his representative, Patrick Fumbeshi during the celebration of this year’s Likumbi Lya Mize traditional ceremony held at his Mize capital in Zambezi west over the week-end.
“Therefore, we demand that you create Zambezi central constituency to comprise wards that are within 5-10 kilometres from the post office. Others should be north, south and west constituencies.
This will end tribal tensions at the township as the majorities here are people of mix backgrounds”, he said.
Senior Chief Ndungu mentioned a number of salient issues bordering on tribal conflicts in the district to which Community Development and Social Services Minister, Michael Kaingu, who was guest of honour, promised to table them with the President and cabinet.
Mr Kaingu reserved his comment on such issues because some of them bordered on matters that are currently before the courts of law.
Meanwhile, Senior Chief Ndungu has appealed to government to open up a police station at Mwange (his old palace) in his area to safeguard people’s lives from the Karavina infested west bank.
He said Karavinas are taking advantage of the situation, killing people indiscriminately because the district administration centre where the police station is situated is far away.
The chief further appealed to government to construct a permanent bridge on the Zambezi river and reconstruct Muyembe and Litapi bridges in order to open up the west bank for investment.
He said there is also need to construct an all weather ring road from Mize to Chinyama, Nguvu and finally connect to Chavuma district for exploration activities.
The traditional leader also appealed to government to lobby ZAIN and MTN to construct transmission towers at Muyembe, Mwange and Liyovu to service people including civil servants on the west bank to easy communication problems.
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Mwata you have showed leadership in the way you have implored government to develop your area unlike other chiefs who are almost politicians. Let those chiefs in the southern province learn something from the way you approach issues.
This chief is thinking of development rather than politiking. GOOD-chief, keep it up. I mostly like the last part of his sentiments, “…construct a permanent bridge on the Zambezi river and reconstruct Muyembe and Litapi bridges in order to open up the west bank for investment.
He said there is also need to construct an all weather ring road from Mize to Chinyama, Nguvu and finally connect to Chavuma district for exploration activities.
The traditional leader also appealed to government to lobby ZAIN and MTN to construct transmission towers at Muyembe, Mwange and Liyovu to service people including civil servants on the west bank to easy communication problems.”…
from #2… I can only wish that all Zambian chiefs can be development-oriented like him. He’s fresh air of chiefs, really, unlike the likes of Chisunka, Chitimukulu, etc. If we had chiefs like him, villages would have developed long time ago. And there wouldn’t have been over-populating of urban areas. This is election time (2011) you may get positive answers from RB. And I wish that this is not a doctored demand so that the government responds quickly to demonstrate understanding. However, chief, thats the talk.
As a person that comes from North Western Province I feel embarrassed every time I hear of the squabbles between the Luvale and Lunda people in Zambezi. Why can’t the two Royal Highness Senior Chief Ndungu and Senior Chief Ishindi show leadership to their subjects by sitting down and try to find a way of sorting out this problem? There is no need really for Lunda’s and Luvale’s to pick up spears and machetes while they can sit and discuss the issue at hand. As Senior Chief Ndungu said the government should not remain quite over these problems because one day blood will be spilled and that will not be good for our country. Can someone PLEASE do something now?