President Edgar Lungu who recently disclosed that he would want to use developmental projects as a campaign tool is now getting things done.
Addressing a gathering recently, Lungu confessed that he wants to point at projects and convince people to vote for him again.
Apparently, the government through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit-DMMU, has released 1.5million for the dredging of canals in Lunga district.
This follows Lungu’s directive when he visited the area, that he would want to see developmental projects take off with speed so that he would use them to ‘buy’ the votes
The canals are meant to allow water to flow and hence prevent the constant floods experienced in the district. This exercise will be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development.
Still in response to Lungu’s directive, the government has further released K500, 000 to pay the 400 local people who were engaged in clearing the canals in Lunga district early this year.
Meanwhile, the DMMU has also released 2000 metric tons of relief maize to Lunga, Gwembe and Chilubi to cushion the food insecurity situation being experienced in the districts.
Gwembe district has been on the relief pipeline since drought experienced during the 2018/2019 rainfall season. Lunga and Chilubi experienced floods which rendered them food insecure.