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Lungu Apologises to Families Whose Houses Were Demolished By Kitwe Council, Kampyongo Looks Foolish
Republican President Edgar Lungu has apologised to the families of Kitwe’s Mufuchani area whose houses were demolished by the Kitwe City Council on Tuesday.
The President sent his apologizes through Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge who visited the affected families on Wednesday.
Addressing the residents Mr Musenge said the President was asking for their forgiveness as no one was authorized to demolish houses without proper procedure.
“The President is asking for forgiveness on what has happened here, on one is authorized to beat up people. When we have challenges it is important to engage one another, it is good that we seat and talk about our challenges. Even when moving people there are procedures,” Mr Musenge said.
The President has further directed the local authority to accommodate the affected families and give them offer letters to new plots.
“The luck you have it that when we finish talking about what has happened here, we want by tomorrow everyone who is affected should be given offer letters to a new location where you will have your own land and no one will come to harass you,” he said.
Last week Local government Minister Stephen Kampyongo ordered for the demolishing of houses built on allegedly illegal land.
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ARNOLD
January 14, 2016 at 3:12 pm
we know for sure that the president cant allow such a thing to happen, kampyongo watch out for your moves. Our president is good and has a heart for the zambian people. Thanks Mr. president
may the almighty God bless you we know for sure that you will lead us up to 2022. Viva EL.
Iaac
January 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm
We know for sure you’re a president with full sympathy for the pple you lead. More over, you’re a listening one viva ECL!
Hello Haters
January 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm
Isaac we know it’s good to be a praise singer, do you really need to make amendments to your name just for you to get paid, it’s election year and he is just doing that win back some lost votes, unfortunately this year there will be no sympathy votes.
tangwanisya membe
January 14, 2016 at 6:33 pm
Ati ba president….he was fully aware what his stupid minister and councillors were doing to those poor people in Kitwe and later on he turns around and apologises for what?No vision mu PF
King
January 14, 2016 at 3:24 pm
These Are Qualities Of A Good Leader. Thank You For Showing Your Total Humbleness To Us. We Apreciate You.
caim
January 14, 2016 at 3:34 pm
where did the minister get the powers from? how do these ministers work first of all?
Shaka Zulu
January 14, 2016 at 6:09 pm
The Minister is following the law whereas the President is playing politics. ECL might have even been aware that those houses were going to be destroyed. That’s politics for you.
Pupu Pufi Katufi
January 14, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Kampyongo how can you feel if people demolish houses in Shiwangandu or Kwa Mwilwa. It was a dumb move to demolish the houses in Kitwe minister. Nkani ya lula. I see you going into diplomatic service ….maybe high commissioner in Somalia based in Mogadishu near the alshabab strong hold.
Ken
January 14, 2016 at 3:50 pm
The problem is these Council workers are greedy, They want all the land to themselves all the time. They are so greedy they will give themselves 5 plots each.
I have even vowed never to apply for a plot from any council because the idiots have no shame. last time I applied for a plot in Luanshya for the land at the Luanshya turnoff, I got a rude shock when I saw the list of the people who got the plots. It was councillors MPs and council workers and even politicians and their wives including Kaseba Sata. Go and check with that Council now.
They advertised and we paid non refundable fees, large amounts when the land was already allocated. I was called for interviews and had to travel from Lusaka but got fako….!
My bank account was ok and I showed evidence that I had built another 2 houses from scratch within Luanshya from the plot I bought at a commercial price.
The land issue is rotten to the core.
What has appened to the land audit that was conducted in 2012? So they just identified open land and shared.
Shame!
Lamba boy
January 14, 2016 at 4:01 pm
EL good movie
Hello Haters
January 14, 2016 at 7:52 pm
All Zambians know that he is just Acting, in the PFool final episode.
Lucy
January 14, 2016 at 4:14 pm
“Last week Local government Minister Stephen Kampyongo ordered for the demolishing of houses built on allegedly illegal land”.
What a disorganized Zambian Govnt we have. MR ECL is clueless on everything mwebantu. Where are we going with this PF Govt. Ever forward and Reverse, forward reverse, forward reverse as if they are dancers. How can the kwacha gain value with such a week president. Anybody who knows that the president is the biggest asset in any country should raise their hands? and I wish show the liability president of his country called Zambia.
THE ONE
January 14, 2016 at 5:14 pm
He is a listening president, we cried for constitution, he has given us, he listens to complaints of people what a good president. I believe what man proposes GOD opposes, who new ECL would rule? but GOD chooses him, therefore shall we respect our president.
lesleysue
January 14, 2016 at 6:01 pm
its so sad to hear such. i once saw this in lusaka near the independence or should i say behind, ppl on such lands should be given notices and also be given land on where they will move. a lot of folks have stayed in those areas for many years. they have put in all there hard earnings in the structures demolished.
madman
January 14, 2016 at 6:49 pm
Demolition was ok. Some of us work hard to buy plots then a silly upnd chap wants to justify illegality. Let them go get land at hhs farm or build illegally on his farm. I support the demolition. Upnd can’t justify illegal land allocation.
Lucy
January 14, 2016 at 7:01 pm
Are you saying visionless ECL is UPND?
shoket 47..
January 14, 2016 at 7:02 pm
How can Kapyongo act in isolation without the head of state knowing of such an act?? I know that he can’t act without the approval of the head of state..kapyongo can’t just wake up and say we are demolishing houses here or there.. If kapyongo acted in isolation,let he be fired NOW..otherwise,I smell a rat here..
DIP STICK
January 14, 2016 at 7:34 pm
PF CARDS, PLEASE. CAN’T YOU EVEN MANAGE TO PRETEND TO BE CIVILISED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE?
A MINISTER CAN’T MAKE A TRIP WITHOUT HIS BOSS’S BLESSINGS. ECL KNEW AND BLESSED ALL THIS. HE IN ANOTHER WORDS SENT HIM TO DEMOLISH LEAVING AN ALREADY PREPARED APOLOGY WITH HIS BOSS.
muzo
January 14, 2016 at 7:43 pm
God by our president!!
PM
January 14, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Let’s reason beyond our nose country men and women. One creates a problem deliberately and then later solves it to just gain a cheap political mileage. Shame
max kams
January 14, 2016 at 8:29 pm
I for one I need an explanation for this (1)how is our govt working today u here they hv increased tomorrow the president say no re they telling us that they not cop palate with the president? Or they re praying our mind set? No water in kariba rains come even if it rains it ll take 3yrs mr president howe is your team?
kanchine
January 14, 2016 at 9:15 pm
Hh cadres or upnd cadres thats why we say u need to know the government runs before crying for the throne, not just from stealing money in privatisation from poor zambia tomorrow u come back to the same poor zambia to say u can be the good leader, how?
KC
January 14, 2016 at 10:36 pm
Plots OK nomba kalusangu ka foundation
moscow
January 15, 2016 at 5:46 am
PF officials open an account where we can be depositing money for constructing houses for pipo heartless HH sympathisers demolished. Where was chanda kabwe kanshi?
sims
January 15, 2016 at 7:12 am
@kanchine explain kaili how gvment works,can a minister act without the knowledge of the president?moreover the announcement was made last week to demolish those houses,open yo eyes
CK
January 15, 2016 at 7:41 am
Edgar LUNGULA KAWAYAWAYAFYE…poor leadership and no coordination in his party….how can he allow his ministers to do something that he is not well aware of? kuyabebele@
brian
January 15, 2016 at 8:02 am
Thanks mr ecl.viva 11 agst.Kopala
munyelapevote
January 15, 2016 at 9:40 am
Honestry speaking this kamponono is very useless and stupid how can you demorish houses in rain season iwe naukwata inganda kupusakwako kuswe iwe shame apon u thank mr president for that action.
Joe Chanda Bwalya
January 15, 2016 at 9:55 am
ITS THE PRESIDENT WHO SENT THEM TO DEMOLISH PERIOD. SHAME THAT THESE GUYS HAVE SHAME, THIS ONE SAY THIS THE OTHER ONE SAY DIFFERENT THING.
Lamba boy
January 15, 2016 at 10:23 am
some pipo er working against the gvt! thanx so much 4 coming in so quickly ba presdo!
mailon
January 15, 2016 at 11:03 am
Ken
I learnt that the hard way.Applying for land or responding to adverts for land allocation in Zambia merely makes you help the 1diots to seemingly hide their corruption as they will be able to portray an image of transparency at your cost-remember you have to pay non refundable fees.By the time they are advertising they would have already shared the land.
zambian
January 15, 2016 at 11:57 am
ba kampyongo u are too over zealous decompagning ecl,why,land issue is very sensitive,even in kafue u just left confusion,cool down ba mudala.u should be orgainsing the youths the majority voters, and let ps to there job.
zakeyo
January 15, 2016 at 2:12 pm
Somebody is trying to embaras and decampaign our president the timin of this was so bad. The entire council and Kapyong must be desciplened. Kapyongo and bene Musenge what you are doing is very bad!
CB s Finest
January 15, 2016 at 3:29 pm
What suprises me most is where is the president when all this happening. First it was the issue to do with electricity tariffs nw demolishing of houses. Who does this pupet want to fool?
g fun
January 15, 2016 at 9:41 pm
How could u do that you call yourself the president of pfools demolishing people’s houses and u come and apologise hahahahahahhahah