Five People feared dead as hundreds are displaced following the bursting of a dam in Mumbwa

1. Unprecedented calamity after calamity.
   Lesa twafwe twapapata…

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   • And there will be no police to probe this. Police are busy shooting citizens opposed to Lungu

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2. Jean Mwangala

3. Lusaka Times it’s feared “dead” and not “died”. Sad news though.

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4. SORRY

5. Too bad

6. ?????

7. So sad

8. Lusakatimes the least you can do is get your grammar right on an article about the demise of people. Show a little respect by taking time to ensure you are publishing correct things. What is “five people feared died”? Stop publishing things with hangovers in your brains

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9. Sad news

10. We are told HH will control all these disasters once he becomes president.
    They will be no floods

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    • Isaac Mwanga who told you? Which news media gave out that news???

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    • Jeremiah Mbanga it’s not news media but himself.
      He said they will be no losdasrheding, no cholera, no floods and all the roads will have no pothole.
      Everyone will be employed the kwacha will appreciate the same day he will be president

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    • Isaac Mwanga ok. But how did you hear him say that? We’re you with him or was it on some radio station or TV station?

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    • Jeremiah Mbanga follow his page.
      This is the promise HH is making to people

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    • Jeremiah Mbanga are you trying to defend his manifesto or what.? Kkkkkk

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    • Samson Mumba let me debate with people who are above pettiness

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    • Isaackkkkkkkk

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    • Mwankole you want attention ? ?

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    • Samson Mumba defending by asking?

    • Isaac Mwanga he said he will make sure stronger dam walls are constructed to avoid collapse leading to flooding

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    • Peter Chabwela where did he say that?
      HH is boasting that he is a god who will employ everyone in Zambia.
      Wait until you see what it means to lie to s hungry man

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    • Sainte Flex chimbwi suffering from Tonga denkete

    • Isaac Mwanga where did he say he stop flooding?

11. This is really sad…. How are people going to survive like this sure

12. Too bad

13. Lusaka times improve your chizungu. Theres no way u will confuse us mixing the present and past tenses . ” five people are feared died” imwe !!!!!

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    • Gladys Banda kikikikiki

    • Kkkkk can u imagine suwa.am like what in the world are these saying

    • Lol ?

    • This is street and cheap journalism.

    • Gladys Banda just correct for them and move on.

    • ? ?

    • Nah Sindila awe this is a media team comprising of journalists and editors.

    • Maipose Gabriel exactly

14. Napabipa this year! Disaster is hammering left, right and center! Sad.

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15. Oh no

16. The upnd should not dare politicize the death of people as they have done with the two people who were shot. Show some respect ba upnd. We know you lack morals but please try just this once to show some maturity.

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17. Tryphina Mwakilima

18. Tryphina Mwakilima

19. Yvonne David Mvula , are we safe muntu wanga?

    • Levy Simatimbe your jagaban and hh will fixed

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20. Namakau Favoured Litebele

21. And we only used to see these things on TV.

22. Terrible

23. Mwangelwa Suzy Sibeso

24. House baptism

25. Not ifyoo “Ati feared Died” its feared Dead. It’s sad.

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26. Sad situation ? there in mumbwa… May God protect the lives of his people

27. NO!!! Very sad occurrence.

28. Sorry

29. Sad development

30. It’s wild… Everyday something new

31. Sad

32. Laura Kapula ba guy are you ok?

    • Maria Muwowo Kanasha sivinthu b
      ut am safe guy

    • Laura Kapula thank God.

    • Maria Muwowo Kanasha Amen

    • What happened ku MUMBWA?

    • Nkumbu Mukuka its called rain

    • Seems to be more on the side of a tsunami..

    • If it were there would be no houses standing

    • Mwe Lesa it was bad, can even see people moving like fish uko ,hope my maimed is safe..

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    • My brother awe mwandi ???

    • Maria Muwowo teti na comentako Pali natural disaster naine….

    • Nkumbu Mukuka awe chili fye ??

    • Maria Muwowo Kanasha infact kwa shala imwe uku swimmingako..imfula mwale pepelela…

    • Nkumbu Mukuka ??? twenda mama costume

33. Chizungu please

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34. Others have hurricanes and earthquakes but their dams still stand manje kuno ??

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    • Sainte Flex Yes you can have mishaps but in Zambia it’s annoying to say the least.You find that an infrastructure doesn’t last not even a year or two it collapses.That is worrying and just confirms one thing.Poor workmanship coupled with cutting corners so as to attain self enrichment.

35. Elizabeth Kashunda

36. There is need to strengthen community based disaster management committee establish rescue centres and conduct head count to establish those affected by the natural hazard. We need also to do more sensitization on climate change.

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37. Sad

38. Total disaster

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39. This is very sad.

40. Sad development

41. Sad

42. Wasn’t the bursting of the dam foreseen by the engineers who designed it? What about the collapse of that unfinished building opposite Porter’s House along Chilimbulu Rd in Libala, was there a supervising engineer? What about the washing away of Milima Bridge within this week in Kasama? All these collapsing of dams and buildings point to one thing: the supervising institutions just certify these buildings as ‘safe’ without conducting any diligent inspection. THEY MUST BE TAKEN TO TASK!

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43. Sad

44. Sad Situation…Poor planning

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45. Am surprised that Zambians cannot over see something nto full completion, they always premature handover national assets

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46. Lesa muletubelelako uluse

47. Sad development , we need good drainage and stop throwing rubbish in the drainages.

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48. I suspect the upnded are behind the burstin of the dam, because they are bitter.

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49. It feels wretched

50. Oh my God

51. This rain is causing more disaster now

52. It’s nothing other than sub standard engineering works in either construction or maintenance! Depending when the dam was constructed pre or post Independence one will note that apart from silting most dam structures of the colonial era are still intact.

53. Very very sad! It’s ‘feared dead’ NOT ‘feared died’ though.

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54. Ba editor please

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55. Proruth Ians

    • Chinshe Ians this is bad mweee

56. SUB STANDARD WORK SO SO RIGHT >>>>
    OR LACK OF MAINTENANCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

57. Very good rainfal and I hope this water is being harvested in dams rather than ending up into the Indian ocean. If cry for rain and God gives a nation a good rainfall like this one and next season if it doesn’t rain you say you haven’tgot water then there is something seriously wrong with the whole nation. God expect you, as you are praying for the good rain, prepare gigantic dams where to store the harvested water when he give it to the nation. This is because as a nation calling itself a christaian country you MUST believe that God will give your nation what you are asking for. Otherwise, it’s like asking your dad for a bicycle to use to go to school and when he buys it for you, you in turn give it to your friend who may even posses another bicycle.

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58. So which is this dam that burst in Mumbwa? And this DDMM does everything where are the ministries?

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59. LT do something about this spamming on this website…I bet its just one person or students in a computer room responding to each other about nothing!

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60. God this is the end of the world

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61. Who is this bully Kaizer Zulu who keeps barking everyday. Is this them same clinical officer who suddenly turned into a billionaire through his mafia connections with Lungu. Please Kaizer Zulu prepare you sanctually in Malawi. Because very soon you will all lose power. And the progressieve forces will move in to confiscate all what you have been stealing.

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62. David phiri only guilty people put in place measures to go into exile once out of power. I have nothing to hide or runway from. You claim I have stolen and that I am a mafia. Can you avail evidence to that effect? I have documents for each and every asset I own and you can get any authority to look into all my account transactions. If you find anything illegal I will stand down from my position even before elections. Now can HH agree to the same? It had to take 2 people dying for hh to just go to police . What is is scared of?

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63. Meya Nyirongo my friend are you safe??

    • Chapunga Tembo my friend am safe. We thank God. It’s a sad situation here

64. Angelina Nicholas sad indeed

    • Veronica Aulelyo Chitoloma very sad

    • Untie ,are we safe?

    • Aunt we are safe

    • Good to hear

    • Yes aunt

65. Sad development kwena

66. Lord have mercy ? ??

67. Chinshe Ians Is this fiction or it is real .ba lsk confirm

68. Sad news, that’s bad

69. Agi Nchm was asking if there is a river nearby.You see.

70. Zambian Journalists! They are reporting a disaster and they have only five sentences!

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71. Remember the trees you cut indiscriminately on daily basis. This is the result. The worst is yet to come , just wait.

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72. This is what happens when you blame God wilfully of no rain while deep down you know the real causes of loadshedding. God brings more rain than you need to show up your lies.

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73. Ernest Chileshe explain this to me on whatsapp

    • Mwitwá Kayombo it means no load shedding now kkkkkk

    • Brenda Misepo hahahaha

74. You have been baptized by rain water including your houses common sanduka mumbwa

75. There’s nothing as gullible as a voter!
    1. Yemu Yemu Dee came and said everything (commodities) will be cheap, such that everyone will be able to live good lives. And people believed… Are things cheaper?

    2. Piye Fool came and said everyone will alot of money in their pockets. And people believed… Do they have the money?

    3. Now this UP N’ Down guy, the man who has never smiled in his life, is saying will fix all problems…and people are believing him,, eeeh! Katwishi mukwai.

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76. Future plans for human settlements who live close to river channels should be designed such that houses are build above a contour line linked to the spill way of the dams. No houses should be built below this critical contour line. This is a challenge to land surveyors countrywide.
    Flooding occurrences have perennially affected Lusaka west of the railway line which is underlain by porous limestone formation. Lasting solution is for Lusaka City Council to construct big drainage lines: (1) one drainage line that will spill excess water to a stream in Chilanga, taking into account that the top of Mt. Makulu Hill is at the same elevation as Lusaka Railway Station and; (2) another drainage to spill excess water towards Mwembeshi River, taking into account that the Lusaka Plateau tips over…

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77. Feared died kabili awe iyo?????

78. It’s PF when bad things happen
    But guy’s let’s try to forget about politics and thank the almighty God for giving us infula
    Last time we were complaining about Victoria falls
    And lets avoid buying ma plots mumbali yakamana cause season changes ka

79. What has died done now to be feared.

80. You know what people,this is what makes us different from whites,can surely someone say,how construct good roads,how build schools how construct markets etc,can you take that for a manifesto surely?people don’t we think it is the responsibility of every present party in power to do that?it is there responsibility just has the father makes sure the children have their daily meals whether with promise or not.I feel manifestos should concern more of uplifting our economy,one zambian one nation has a unity,no tribal issues, thinking on how we can come out of been called third country.stopping the dependence syndromes on these so called NGOs.does every zambian know that we can’t run our country without these Aids we receive from other countries,including China?people of Zambia,I strongly…

81. Bertha MJ Phiri boi hello

82. Zambians are grieving together with the affected families and to trivialise the lost lives and mock Zambians as mere expendables to gratify political egoistic agenda by PF government is evil in itself. Zambians know which is a violent party using state machinery to kill and maim its own citizens.
    Some morons still defend this glaring shameful act by PF government and blame it on opposition and dare say PF was not there when two inncent Zambians were shot dead. Whaaa! what moronic view

83. Omg ?

84. Feared died?? ni dead naimwe

85. Hatred all the way surely?

86. How do we joke about this

87. May God help you, my dear Zambia. Flooding can indicate some sort of a curse operating here. Please stop turning our beautiful environment into charcoal. Pile pressure on the government for alternative cooking methods. It has to be possible. So sorry for my brothers and sisters affected.

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