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Open Letter to President SATA ‘Chambishi, Why not a District?’
Dear Editor,
Allow me to write to the President Mr Michael Sata. I live in Chambishi township situation 26 km away from Kitwe & 24 km from Chingola.
Chambishi as a township follows under Kalulushi District which is about 50 km away.
This simply means that we have to travel to Kalulushi each time we want something concerning municipality.
All the Revenue collected in Chambishi goes to Kalulushi.
This is why our area has remained undeveloped despite being on the world map as a producer of cobalt & copper. Can the president please do something about our area please.
We can’t depend on these selfish people from anymore. What is more is ,we want an MP to come from our area.
Thanks in advance.
Humprey Mulambya
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on January 7, 2013. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Ba medza
January 7, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Ba mulambya ,Chambishi is just a township & too small to be a district on its own as @ now let us concentrate on bigger districts without equal distribution in all areas like lufwanyama where all developmental projects are just at the boma leaving other areas like mukumbo with nothing to boast about,not even a gravel road goes there.
musonda
January 7, 2013 at 3:13 pm
i agre with you……..its indeed high tyme it bcme a district hope the.presdnt wil hear us
xi jiabao
January 7, 2013 at 3:14 pm
No comment
kakolwe
January 7, 2013 at 3:38 pm
BaMulambya, have you ever heard of a Multi-Facility-Economic-Development-Zone? have you read about the Tax Free Trade Zone? All these are happening in Chambishi so as to attract investiment & Trade. Thereafter we can think of districtising that kombon of 1230 inhabitants.i
qweny
January 7, 2013 at 3:43 pm
some issues mwe………..
Village Chicken
January 7, 2013 at 3:55 pm
If your arguement is distance and Cu and Co, why then do we not take you as Kt or CN? A township for a district…!!! Wake up Home of MMD, now you have a fuel station at least.
MaxMbizo
January 7, 2013 at 4:07 pm
It is important that in deciding which area should be turned into a district demographic factors are taken seriously. I therefore agree with Ba Medza that Chambishi is too small to be upgraded into a district. Here are the facts: Chambishi only has a population of 24,062; Chimwemwe Constituency in Kitwe which borders Chambishi has a population of 117,341, that is, nearly five times the size of Chambishi. But Chimwemwe township is not agitating for district status. In fact, a ward in Chimwemwe Constituency like Kawama with a population of 37,966 is larger than Chambishi. Should Kawama also become a district? If the argument is based on copper and cobalt deposits, then Nkana Constituency (Population:83,067), with the new developments by Mopani at its Mindolo Mine, should also be turned into a district.
tom
January 7, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Pliz ba presido, make my neighbourhood into a district tooooooooooooO!
Democrat
January 7, 2013 at 7:29 pm
Forgive Mulambya for he doesnt know what he is talking about. There are 189km from chinsali to mpika district, a shiwangandu district was created in btwn just last month. Now you are talking about 26kmn 24km, 50km etc. There are more areas that really need urgent attention and not chambishi town.
Humphrey Mlambia
January 7, 2013 at 7:31 pm
To all the dissentients, Ba Medza, Kakolwe, Village chicken & Maxmbizo. Can u jst give me 1 simple reason which qualifies Shan’gombo to be a district?
Ken chiluba
January 7, 2013 at 8:47 pm
Most blogers u argue wt litu knowlege.u jus xpozin yo ignorance.let me educate,in terms of demography chambsh z bger dan chimwemwe n dnt jus luk at d central townshp t oso xtnds to rural arear fo instance t bodaz wt lufwanyama.nw u mulambya hw do u saz u want d mp 2 cum frm chambsh,my frnd we dnt hand pic mpz insted d ppo vot.n hon mbulu oz a bonafid residnt of chambsh.resech widly b4 u brin up isues.matuvi
Man -Abel
January 7, 2013 at 9:43 pm
The population of chinese to zambians in chambishi is 2 to 1. If chambishi becomes a district, expect a choncholi mayor or MP in the next 2 years.
Ba medza
January 7, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Humphrey for your own info. This creation of new districts is one way of taking development to those ares as new schools,roads,hospital & other facilities which a district must have. Look @ chambishi with a few of you about 24000 people it has better roads,schools,clinics not forgeting the multi facility economic zone which has created employment to most of you guys. On the other hand Shangombo with more than 70000 in population enclosed between two major rivers zambezi & cuando has impassable roads to even reach their provincial capital_mongu & only relies on the kalongola ferry. No major economical activities apart from farming & fishing. Let me know if you need more!!!
Tribalist
January 8, 2013 at 6:08 am
What kind of development does he want because alot of towns have started testing the development now in the PF caring government, the previous government was just a batch of people that needed to put the money in their pockets, holing the Cross to this hand while the other hand is holding the sword.
MaxMbizo
January 8, 2013 at 7:40 am
Ken Chiluba,
Do you mind using grammatically correct English with correct spelling of words? Avoid using SMS English if you want to communicate with other bloggers! I can’t follow a thing you are trying to say!
kakolwe
January 8, 2013 at 8:20 am
Ba Mulambya, you should have acknowledged ba Medza’s data 4U. I salute you in showing that creating districts is not a forlon PF action but a strategic move to ensure that more people partcipate in the development of the nation. Shang’ombo was long overdue badala!
Humphrey Mlambia
January 8, 2013 at 9:36 am
Ba Medza @ Kakolwe, I salute u 4 yo positivity. We write in to educate one another. Thanks for your imfo but it wont stop me from agitating for a district status.@ Ken its not bad language or something. Educate me if u can not insults. Be Smart.
Ba medza
January 8, 2013 at 9:48 am
Thanx bro. That’s the spirit after we are grooming one big happy family of intellectuals. I salute you too for keeping us busy!!
MWANSA Mwaume
January 8, 2013 at 10:25 am
OPEN LETTER TO PT MC.SATA
Your Excellency, how does it feel to work diligently for a Government which does not consider the plight of its faithful citizenry? Ihave asked this because it is now 14 years since the Department of Technical Education and Vocational Training was abolished in December 1999 and people retrenhed. People were robbed of their due terminal benefts and the case went to court during the reign of our beloved late President Mwanawasa. The Court upheld the people’s concern and ruled in their favour. Surprisingly, since then, we have been waiting for our money which does not seem to be coming soon. Since you came into Statehouse, your Excllency, we have seen retired or retrenched workers from other departments and parastatals being paid off their dues, but not those from DTEVT. Does it mean our case is still in court? And how long should we go on waiting for the right decision and action to be made and taken? Mr President, you are our last station in our journey to a better life in our last days on this earth.
Mwansa Mwaume (Concerned citizen)
MWANSA Mwaume
January 8, 2013 at 10:26 am
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT M.C.SATA
Your Excellency, how does it feel to work diligently for a Government which does not consider the plight of its faithful citizenry? Ihave asked this because it is now 14 years since the Department of Technical Education and Vocational Training was abolished in December 1999 and people retrenhed. People were robbed of their due terminal benefts and the case went to court during the reign of our beloved late President Mwanawasa. The Court upheld the people’s concern and ruled in their favour. Surprisingly, since then, we have been waiting for our money which does not seem to be coming soon. Since you came into Statehouse, your Excllency, we have seen retired or retrenched workers from other departments and parastatals being paid off their dues, but not those from DTEVT. Does it mean our case is still in court? And how long should we go on waiting for the right decision and action to be made and taken? Mr President, you are our last station in our journey to a better life in our last days on this earth.
Mwansa Mwaume (Concerned citizen)
Ba medza
January 8, 2013 at 10:56 am
Ba mwansa! Wrong address,you should have sent your complaints to the Editor & also your issue is too petty to be addressed by the president. There must be somewhere where you can take your case,ask arround.
masiya mpuwo moono
January 8, 2013 at 11:25 am
You guys how many Districts that have been declared are under construction?, Projects go with the budget please.Even my home village Maamba must be a district.if you are not carefull,zambia will go on budget overrun due to unbudgeted projects.
masiya mpuwo moono
January 8, 2013 at 11:35 am
We are greatful the COBRA has give an order over meali meal because nshima is every zambian’s food.But mr Combra what about the police who fail to arrest a simple musician koffi from congo dr for assault?.is a foreigner above the law?.
zam
January 8, 2013 at 4:07 pm
mulambya is right. this is part of growth and decentralisation. people of chambeshi have got a right to ask for the district status. it is like us human beings when a person grow older he should be able to leave his parents place and start to live on his own. keep it up the people of chambeshi.
Nikolai Gogo
January 8, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Awe bamulambya naimwe nayafula sana
Mlambia Humphrey
January 8, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Ba Zam thanx for yo support. I appreciate it.
Mwamba joseph
January 8, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Chambishi shall be a DISTRICT. PRAISE THE LORD.
Mwamba joseph
January 8, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Chambishi shall be a DISTRICT. PRAISE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. AMEN AND AMEN AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN.
Nicky
January 9, 2013 at 2:45 am
actually imwe bamudala u are not telling the truth.chambishi is very near to kalulushi.Going to kitwe then chambishi is not even 30kas more aver our hardworking gvt has started constructing kalulushi sabina which makes it even easier to get to chambishi.with the population of 24000 you are talking about a district you are joking.
Acting Paramount Chief Chitimukulu
January 9, 2013 at 10:04 am
mulambya i hpoe your village is in isoka, which kampumbu village which about 60km from isoka township and 112 from muyombe village and people in your village are not complaining. kindly go home and help decide were the town should be created other than talking rubbish.
JONATHAN MULENGA
January 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm
No talks about the plight of Mufulira Wanderers PLC workers.The business dead a nature death and no one has bothered to talk about the matter.Most of the former workers are either suffering peacefully or have passed on without getting their respective benefits.Imagine not even a meeting was called upon by the directors of the venture to explain the fate of the business venture.
In this regard, am appealing to the area MP Hon.Yamfwa Mukanga to address the matter before cabinet or the relevant authority so that we can get our hard earned benefits.I was last employee who wittnessed a very embarassing incidence when the bailiff came to Shinde Stadium (at wanderers offices) to grab company assets in full view of on lookers.Even the main bar was not spared where i was operating from.Not a single senior was present when the incidence happened.All of them decided to hide their faces.We never received any written document to inform us that the company has been declared bankrupt or liquidated.To date no one has bothered to address the matter.What a shame.Abash to all those who contributed to the down fall of the once Mighty Mufulira Wanderers FC and it’s business venture.I salute mr Mike Milupi who i have high respect, because during his reign as Managing Director of the venture, all the workers used to get their wages and salaries.No had he left the place than the problems started until the bailiff came and sweept the place clean.
Mlambia Humphrey
January 9, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Ba acting paramount chief chitimukulu,wat rubbish have u seen here? Wats wrong with this letter? Educate me rather than insulting me. Indeed ur acting paramount chief.
Wanu Ngwee
January 9, 2013 at 8:28 pm
Mr. Mulambya you’re very right. I honestly do not know whether Chambishibis big enough to be a district on its own, but how would it grow if we denied it the opportunity to do so? What is undoubtedly clear is that it can’t be managed from Kalulushi, which is also tiny & struggling to grow itself into a real modern day town whereas there’s Chingola & Kitwe closeby. No one will relocate to Kalulushi if it’s not allowed to develop its own growth plan and identity. Come to think of it, this town is geographically better positioned than …. Am just thinking
MWANSA Mwaume
January 10, 2013 at 9:45 am
Ba Medza, thanks a lot my brother (sister??)for your quick advice. However, I’m not pleased by your comment that this issue is petty to be addressed to the President. What may seem petty to some people, may not be so to those it may concern. How I wished you had only ended at advising about the channel as you did instead of trivialising the issue. I do not mean to begin exchanging words with you my brother,and I’m sure you will be of help again in the coming future.
MM.
Humphrey Mlabia
January 10, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Ba wanu ngwee, im greatful for siding with me.As u rightly put Kalulushi is underdeveloped for years.How can chambishi develop if it remains under Kalulushi forever? That’s why we need our own MP. Thanx again, I value yo contribution.
Biggie Akayombokwa
January 15, 2013 at 7:35 am
chambishi will be a district soon! its bigger than you think and has good chances to be developed, Just saying ‘Hi’ to mwansa chanda, verily chanda chitalu and George Nyika! missing my Home Town “CHAMBISHI”.