Kawambwa Tea Estates May Be Gutted By Fire, MP Fears ‘Investor Is A Total Failure’

By Staff Reporter.

KAWAMBWA Tea Company (KTC) fields are in tall grass and may be destroyed by bush fires if nothing happens to secure them, says area
Member of Parliament Nickson Chilangwa.

PF MP Kawambwa: Hon. Nickson Chilangwa is displeased with the siuation at KTC

Speaking in an interview, Chilangwa expressed fear that the tea fields that were once Zambia’s pride may be lost to fire due to
negligence by the Zimbabwean.

Chilangwa said the fields had not been weeded for over two years following the workers’ strike that was caused by non – payment of
wages and salaries.

He said the fields were now rain – fed because the investor did not have an irrigation system for the winter period.

And Chilangwa has revealed that he is engaging the Office of the Vice President through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU)
to come to the aid of the company in order to secure the fields.

“The Kawambwa tea situation can be classified as a disaster and hence the appeal to the DMMU to come to the rescue.” Chilangwa said.

The parliamentarian said there was need for the company management to urgently work out a fire- break around the fields to protect them from
destruction.

The tea estate is in tall grass

Meanwhile, Chilangwa has said government had no choice but to intervene in the KTC predicament because the facility belonged to the
people of Zambian and not the Zimbabwean investor.

He described the investor as a total failure who had let the people of Kawambwa and Luapula Province as a whole.

The MP however ruled out a move by government to repossess the company as it was too early for that.

He also revealed that he was in talks with the Republican President appeal to him to intervene in the KTC problem.

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7 Responses to Kawambwa Tea Estates May Be Gutted By Fire, MP Fears ‘Investor Is A Total Failure’

Umuntunse

July 2, 2012 at 9:51 am

chabwino
Xzedian

July 2, 2012 at 10:50 am

Can chifita’s do anything right?

Unless the farm was run by m’zungu or chinks all would be well.
ÐÔÇÅ

July 2, 2012 at 12:37 pm

am not suprised
kakolwe

July 3, 2012 at 9:00 am

Ba MP muli bakopo. Govt doesn’t step into private property. First ask investor to declare bankruptcy or liquidity issues.
Mvula Moses

July 3, 2012 at 9:59 am

The comments coming from some readers leave much to be desired. Kindly can management find a way of sensoring insults that have been the order the day on most emails sent to you on important issues. Please readers let us learn to be sober minded and uphold our christian values.
Barrate Mukonko

July 3, 2012 at 11:39 am

kafipyafye….They are serous with their business
mama

July 4, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Someone please look seriously into this. This is where employment will come from. There aren’t enough white collar jobs for everyone. PF this is your chance to revive the plantation and provide jobs for the people of Kawambwa.