SENIOR chief Mukuni has bought himself a Lincoln Royale Town Car limousine from the US at a cost of US$200,000 (K1.2 million).
He has further ordered a boat also worth US$200,000.
In an interview yesterday at Lumpasa Palace in Mukuni village in Livingstone, chief Mukuni said the limousine was a 2012 make and he bought it three months ago.
He explained that he also wanted to leave a legacy by purchasing a private jet in the next 12 months.
Chief Mukuni said the limousine had an inbuilt intercom, a fridge, television, a transparent retractable roof, as well as a state-of-the-art music system.
He said the vehicle was not a guzzler and, in fact, consumes less fuel than his BMW.
“My intention is that once I leave (chieftainship), I will donate that (limousine) to the Mukuni Royal Establishment for the next chief to use. It’s not for my members of the family. Once I leave, it will remain for the next chief to use,” he said.
Chief Mukuni said the left-hand drive, which is driven by his son, Siasiloka, has a 60-litre fuel capacity.
Chief Mukuni also owns a Toyota Land Cruiser.
He said the limousine was ordered through his close associates in the US.
Chief Mukuni said the limousines were in the range of US$200,000 to US$400,000.
He said his subjects were happy with the limousine initiative as it gave them pride.
Chief Mukuni said he was now planning to purchase a jet and another limousine, white in colour.
He said the limousine entered Zambia sometime in January through the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia.
On tourism investments, chief Mukuni said Zambia needed to take a new approach to tourism development if it was to earn a lot of foreign exchange from the sector.
“There are countries like Seychelles and Kenya; they have no mines, but they are doing better than us because of tourism, nothing else!” he said.
Chief Mukuni also said he intended to expand his tourism business in Livingstone by venturing into boat cruises on the Zambezi River, using a boat and three amphibious buses, which would be driven onto the Zambezi River after game viewing.
In addition, he plans to invest in Ghana, using his Mukuni Big Five tourism sanctuary, which offers lion walks, cheetah interactions and elephant rides.
Chief Mukuni said a Ghanaian tourism team, which was in the country recently, had invited Mukuni Big Five to open up branches in that country.
“They (Ghanaians) invited me, and I will be going there in July. I don’t want to just invest in Zambia. I want to invest in what I know best – handling lions and elephants. So, I want to spread over and I have also ordered a boat which should be landing anytime from now to be called the ‘Lion King of the Victoria Falls’. But the Ghanaians are saying ‘Why not bring it to Accra?’ “ he said.
Chief Mukuni said the 100-seat capacity US$200,000 boat will not only be for sunset cruises, but will also do weddings, luncheons and conferences on the river.
“We are looking more at local tourism. We want to have an African touch to it as most of the boats here have a European touch other than the names,” he said.
Chief Mukuni, however, said he was having problems acquiring docking space on the shores of the Zambezi River from ZAWA.
“The application that we had done as Mukuni Big Five is that we wanted Mukuni Development Trust to own the docking space. We will build it for them and they will rent from ZAWA, and we would rent from them [Mukuni Development Trust]… the money will then trickle down to the local people. That is the arrangement, but I’m being told that the application letters are lost. I did others and sent by DHL and they also got lost,” he said.
Chief Mukuni said he had approached ZAWA to train elephants which could be rented out to tour operators countrywide for elephant rides but that the paperwork for his suggestion went missing too.
“The Ghanaians want me to take lions and cheetahs since they don’t have them, and that since they have elephants, they will give me 100, even more, to train and that they would give me 20 for free. So the way to go now is that I want to invest in foreign countries so that I can bring back some foreign exchange,” he said.
Senior chief Mukuni said recently, he invited former tourism and arts minister, Sylvia Masebo, so that he could learn more on tourism from her vast experience.
He also revealed that the road to Mukuni village had been tarred as payment for the gravel which was being collected from the village by Inyatsi Construction Company.
Chief Mukuni Rides Long ‘Buys himself a Lincoln Royale Town Car limousine @ US$200,000 added by on
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I suspect he sold traditional land to the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants ZICA). There was announcement at the 2014 Annual Ball of land having been bought right there in L/stone. Manje ndipo ankale nama gelo bambili.
where is he founding all these monies
illegal land sales, corruption, “misonko”…. kaya!?
He is much better than Ka Chief mpezeni who once asked Sata to by him a Toyota spacio.
Back to you ba tumfweko!Your heading said chief Mukuni rides long buys a Lincoln limousine but you have not stated his status of riding a bicycle & how many years he has rode.
Stop hatred & gate involved in Gazetting your suffering chiti-munono,
ABDU, whatever u call yoself.Mwana, u ar dull, we are talking about serious human life here. do u know how many vulnerable people he could have saved from that lot of money. how many people in southern are able to afford decent meals. the chief should not live luxurious but traditionally. he is not a chief but a businessman. please see NGOs for more information on vulnerable southern province people
Misunderstanding; this is a figure of speech the Post used to described the kind of vehicle (long limousine) the chief was riding. It does not mean the chief rode a bicycle for a long time. In fact this story is picked from the Post newspaper, though Tumfweko has unethically not quoted the source
Is this story from the Post Newspaper or its your own ba Tumfweko? Credit be given to you by the way on Chibamba Kanyama’s issue tho u lied that hez going ku World Bank instead of IMF….
So this ka Chief is stinking rich?? We need such Igwez in Zambia, am impressed….
Misallocation of resources. That Land does not belong to him alone as a chief.It belongs to the Chiefdom or is it kingdom. He collects revenue from investors and start buying expensive cars. Why not put up community hospitals and schools to help his subjects.
@KweKwe I totally agree with you, better you build clinics,hospitals,community schools etc. so that all Zambians benefits on his success
Hmmm,some zambians are more zambian than others and some chiefs are more chiefs than others.hope your subjects are not dying from hunger and disease.congrats
pwetepwetéététe… Uhmmm maybe the cars are meant to “sugarcoat” the bungee jumping incedent or was it accident?!
Some comments are a ridicule, surely good work should be commended/supported. Some of people have never employed a person to help Zambia grow. I salute mukuni and expect truly Zambians to do the same.
That is great chief!
Igweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Igweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
that is the best way to go.
start competing with his excellence
MCS the (powerful failure)chief wa lubemba.
Thats great Chief!! Why do we Zambians wish to enjoy pauper chiefs who beg bread daily. This chief MUST be an example to all chiefs in Zambia they may appear as headmen to him.That must show who the OWNER of the land is. BIG UP!!!
Mukuni would have left a better legacy by starting some thing of great importance to the communities not buying the limo.Some of his subject go to bed on empty stomach it was going to be wise of him to engage in some sort of Commercial Farming or Manufacturing industry in order to employ youth with no jobs in his Chiefdom, not showing off in limos, Boats & the intended Jet.
thez thingz re chip.jst th mata of financial stages.
Mukuni is a wise chief. I have been to mukuni village, the chief has installed piped water and electrified the whole village. Water connection in his kingdom is free as long as you buy a polypipe for yourself. This chief can make a good MP,he has a heart for his people.
@Hatontola, ulabeja musa!! Being a Chief does not imply being a communist. Do you think there are no beggers in UK? But even the queen’s dog has rich servants. Even if Mukuni gave that cash to poor subjects, they Will chew it & be back at one. They just have to raise themselves from poverty.
Mr mukuni think of your own people too,the onlyway people we remember you is when build them mukuni hospital or even a church that wii mean living a good legacy.
Showing off for Wat wen many gils in Livingston survive by prostitution i wonder of this is how some developed countries passed thru and not only mukuni alone but 100% of Zambian leadership hipocricy,selfish,greedy.U will only learn under a burrel.
You are spot on sir. Plenty of girls and women in Lstone survive on prostitution. I was shocked to learn that even some married women too!
Showing off for Wat wen many girls in Livingston survive by prostitution i wonder if this is how some developed countries passed thru and not only mukuni alone but 100% of Zambian leadership hipocriticy,selfish,greedy.U will only learn under a burrel.
who pays da chiefs ayii?
Mmmmm but iyi yeve yatiyofya. Manje kafuna na jet anso? Katitilimula mwe! Anyway congrats boyi!
Please a Town car for $200,000.00
Not even a new one cost half this price tag even a limo either misinformation or someone is not saying the truth mybe he said $25,000.00 that makes sense .
The price of this limo has been exaggerated. This piece of crap should cost less than 60k
INVESTING THE ZAMBIAN WAY
WE KNOW HOW TO SPEND MONEY
NEXT WILL BE OUR MP’S.
THIS IS GOOD BA MUKUNI. NOT ALWAYS PARADING FOR HAND OUTS FROM POLITICIANS.
AS FOR HIS SUBJECTS, INDEED SOME OF THEM ARE WELL OFF BUT SOME WILL REMAIN IN POVERTY EVEN WHEN GIVEN WEALTHY.
What legacy is he going to live behind with rotten conduct like this? And he even plans on buying a plane, my foot!
leave Mukuni alone!Boastin ni ma hala.
mhhhh
There are more limos where the tourists come from, and buying one or two to surprise them is as good as preparing an English breakfast to surprise a British tourist.
its a good achievement but its important to carry along the community.
The forma minister should just liv politix go driven by chief can have good money
Selfish man! What has he bought for the Bedyango who is the actual owner of the land \mukuni is selling? This man is just greedy. He even collects loyalties from lodges built in other chiefdoms. Would have made a big difference if he invested the money in schools, clinics, , boreholes, roads etc. What are all these cars for when his area needs development? Wish there was law to make the community funds/property!
Mmmm ngendala shonse isho wafumishe kwisa ka mudala iwe?
How selfish, people in Mukuni kingdom are poor no proper roads, water, and other social anemities and the chief is abusing their resources to buy a limo! this is criminal