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Government has secured land for the construction of houses for all the former presidents.
Deputy Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Richwell Siamunene told parliament on Tuesday that land has been identified for the projects in Lilayi, Silverest and State Lodge and works are ongoing.
This was in response to a question from Solwezi West member of Parliament (MP) Humphrey Mwanza (MMD), who wanted to know the progress Government has made in identifying land for the construction of residences for all former presidents.
Mr Siamunene said the house for late President Frederick Chiluba and former President Rupiah Banda will be built in Lilayi while houses for late presidents Mwanawasa and Sata will be constructed in the Silverest and State Lodge areas, respectively.
Mr Siamunene said Government is committed to constructing houses for all the former presidents.
He attributed the delay in the construction project to lack of funds and added that the construction period is 50 months.
Mr Siamunene said the construction of a house for Dr Chiluba started in September last year while the building of Dr Mwanawasa’s house commenced on January 6 this year and will be completed this year.
He also said construction of houses for Mr Banda and Mr Sata will start this year and will be completed next year.
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humphrey
March 19, 2015 at 11:49 am
CONSTRUCTING HOUSES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS IS THE WASTE OF GOVT MONEY AND A MOCKERY TO THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE.THESE PEOPLE WHILE THE SERVED THE COUNTRY THEY WERE BEING PAID THEIR SALARIES AND MORE ALLOWANCES.AND THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO DESERVE THIS BENEFIT AND SOME OF THEM DO NOT DESERVE THESE BENEFIT.AS A COUNTRY WE NEED TO ABOLISH THIS LAW SO THAT WE CAN SERVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH CAN BE CHANNELED INTO DEVELOPMENTS THAT CAN BENEFIT THE MAJORITY OF ZAMBIAN
Cha Cha Cha
March 19, 2015 at 12:03 pm
He said that the delay was due to lack of funds. Great. The people are dead so why would you still build them houses?
Zambia so desperately needs to help the living, orphans, students and so on and so forth. Please stop this madness.
Ex Zambian
March 19, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Thank goodness I will never and I’ve never wasted a ngwee on them.
poly
March 19, 2015 at 11:54 am
This idea should be discarded as it is not economic.Why heap all these benefits on one person in addition to excessive financial benefits.
Laso
March 19, 2015 at 11:59 am
One Question: Why are they building houses for Mwanawasa, Chiluba and Sata? These guys are all very dead!
Ba buza
March 19, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Lazo,poly,chachacha and humphery well said what more can we expect from patriotic citizens? Zambia its animal farm.Abolish this no sense law!
New Educated Zambia©
March 19, 2015 at 12:22 pm
When many zambians cannot afford even 2 meals a day your priority is on making the lives of already comfortable people even better? PF is the most useless party in government. Most of these former presidents have houses. YOu would be an idiot to be a president of zambia and not have plans for your own retirement. One should want to retire to his own house which has sentimental value to him and his family rather than expect a new house. You are an ex presdent! not the president! Please vote in UPND to remove such irrelevancies. Imagine building a house for HH once his ex president? What would be the point??
kasantana
March 19, 2015 at 1:16 pm
But why build houses for dead people? Moreso when there is no money!! Pf you are irritating..ba mampara
malama
March 19, 2015 at 1:27 pm
it ‘s a way of puting more money in their ass
New Educated Zambia©
March 19, 2015 at 1:32 pm
kikiki literally mune
Judge Joe Bidden
March 19, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Thats funny kikiki funny piece.
Jemaika
March 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Embassy Park is enough for Edgar Lungu.. He is a useless Man.
Jemaika
March 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm
People that are specialised in preparing grave and tombstone for the burial of presidents would do well to start preparing for Edgar Lungu.
The Kachasu Man may be buried before the end of this year.
Edgar Lungu is seriously sick. He is a moving grave.
Instead of fighting the falling kwacha and shortages of fuel, the Kachasu Man choses to fight Mutembo Nchito.
Edgar Lungu is the most useless President to have ever rulled Zambia. His death and burial will be a big relief.
mbaluso
March 19, 2015 at 2:29 pm
mmmm!extremely hard to comment.If you own life,you can comment like this.But God knows at His own time when He calls each and every one of us home.
Judge Joe Bidden
March 19, 2015 at 2:17 pm
So even a dying president deserves a new house?
Judge Joe Bidden
March 19, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Cant they build presidential houses based on point system wholly based on how long he/she has been in office, performance etc Say can you build a mansion for KK same value with Lungu’s who possibly will be a president for only 18 months??? Cant make sense.
DMK
March 19, 2015 at 2:40 pm
“They say life is not fair”, this is more true in Zambia than anywhere else. Whoever thought of that idea of building houses for former Presidents is an a**hole and those who participated in passing that idea are double a**holes.
IF NOT
March 19, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Shear waste of tax payers money, they earned enuf, why should houses be built for them? Besides some have died while others are old and close to their graves.
edwardtembo
March 19, 2015 at 3:20 pm
these people can build their own houses,that was for long ago when it was hard for one to build if labourers can do it what about them?
Ndine
March 19, 2015 at 3:54 pm
This is one law EL will earn a lot of mileage by doing away with it. It is not sustainable for a struggling country like ours whose majority people are struggling to even afford a single meal. While it was morally right build a house for for the old Man KK, it certainly does not add up for FTJ, Levy, RB, Sata including EL.
edwardtembo
March 19, 2015 at 4:10 pm
true ndine especially for late presidents it doesn’t carry any water.
kalaba
March 19, 2015 at 5:20 pm
This law was made long before PF came into power. Pls tell your MPs across all the Parties to review in Parliament. You PF to abolish it and then you blame them for breaking the law.
word
March 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm
What did you say ‘Ifintu ni lungu”. what does that mean we asked. “ifintu ni lungu you answered. But EL said he has no vision for the country, we said. “Ifintu ni lungu” you replied. He is sick, “ifintu ni luingu”. He stole money from his client “Ifintu ni lungu”. UTH can’t complete hospital modernization project. You said “ifintu ni lungu” he knows what to do. Fuel shortage, you called as names and said “ifintu ni Lungu”
malaika
March 19, 2015 at 6:30 pm
can one of our mps raise a point of order,because only on this i have seen everyone is not in support.
Kwati like so
March 19, 2015 at 6:36 pm
This is utter nosense ba idiot imwe. Hw many pipo r going without food? No drugs in the hospitals, impassable solwezi/chingola road, u choose to ask such a stupid question in parliament. Some were even found wanting(highly corrupt elements on earth) Can u stop this rot.
Kwati like so
March 19, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Stiopet !
Kwati like so
March 19, 2015 at 6:54 pm
M appalled by level of incompetence exhibited by these so called lawmakers. M watching u !
Keen Follower
March 19, 2015 at 7:31 pm
Its really boring to be a Zambian, is this the quality ministers thoughts, is that a minister who was speaking or it was just a debate session by a debate club! Lusaka is congested why wasting money and land on individuals, moreover many of them are dead
club zero
March 19, 2015 at 7:53 pm
Iam PF but now,Iam thinking of joining UPND,shit is in PF
New Educated Zambia©
March 19, 2015 at 9:25 pm
We will welcome you. Please read our manifesto which is widely available online. Also visit our website. Further you could also drop into our offices in lusaka if you are zambia based. Together we can change zambia.
tutu
March 19, 2015 at 9:13 pm
oke,kwena,seriously WTF?!!!!why?!!!how?!!! these guys are oredy bin ped colossal large sums of mane,then ukubabikilapo namayanda? ba zambia kanshi chabakofye nangu atishani?!! WTF abantu balechula,bafikala ama mps baya nabapepa ku parliament,coz seriously hw does benefit pipo frm yr constituency? chikala chawiso chi mp
New Educated Zambia©
March 19, 2015 at 10:51 pm
I used to be PF mune. Until I saw the stupidity they seem to be addicted to. I am now happy in UPND and I know and trust that once we form government we will not make the same mistakes these chaps have made. I will not force you to join the UPND. However, I will point you to our online material which is readily available on our website. Please make yourself abreast with what we stand for. From there you can then make an informed decision on whether to join us
young t
March 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm
For how long will zambia suffer people of zambia let’s vote wisely 2016 or we continue suffering.
young t
March 19, 2015 at 11:03 pm
I can imagine how much billions there going to spend when building the paradises for the dead.
truth
March 20, 2015 at 6:31 am
if someone I employed has failed to work better I fire him and employ another competent one than finding a solution for him,then what is the purpose of employing him so is pf we employed one changwa lungu but if he fails to work better we fire him and employ others who applied for the same job/position during election in the name of hh.lungu has fired others and employed his own choice/people in those positions to deliver/discharge his duties we elected him for but if he fails to deliver to our expectation why can’t we fire him and employe others on the waiting list like HH,lungu has fired others lets us also fire him too.50-50
Moss
March 20, 2015 at 7:06 am
We just need a close in constitution that any president that steal, loot or plunder loose out the house benefit then that will keep them awake
Moss
March 20, 2015 at 7:11 am
HH is now making sense built his own house with his money not looters on top demands houses people are really suffering and they cares less lets wake from this…days are gone we used to agree anything even the president can be removed if not performing its not gurranteed to stay.
Judge Joe Bidden
March 20, 2015 at 9:34 am
You got a point right there, can you imagine HH advocating to build presidential mansions if he was the sitting president right now? – Nope! Thats a problem when you people scavengers in office all they want is feed and amass wealth, quickly.
Solar eclipse, Supermoon, Spring equinox!!
March 20, 2015 at 7:12 am
Freaky Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chiparamba nkausu
March 20, 2015 at 9:21 am
This achaic law made sense during the reign of KK the first president of Zambia had no proper house apart from the now turned national museum in Cilenje township in Lusaka where he used to live during the struggle for independence. Even for him it was irresponsible on his part not to have built one during his 27 year reign as president of Zambia.The other presidents that followed after him have had mansions in good residential areas like kabulonga. Surely why waste tax payers money on such useless ventures. imagine right now the govt is spending heavily renting for the surviving families of these ex presidents when they have a number of houses doted in various high class residential areas where they could easily stay. This law must be abolished.
chiparamba nkausu
March 20, 2015 at 9:35 am
The surviving family members have been paid the benefits for their late husbands and their former houses have just been put on rent, the other fringe benefits of free education for their children in any part of the world, free servants, free vehicles with fuel and security. Oh my my God what else do they want and only in Zambia such things happen. This stupid piece of legislation should be scrapped. Can someone in parliament raise a motion please.
ponyax
March 20, 2015 at 10:44 am
this ideal can be only described as rubbish.
rasco
March 20, 2015 at 10:59 am
This is one of the closes in our constitution that need to be repealed. These people hot their share of money and the still want houses built for them, it should never be like this. This is exploitation of people by some of these people who plundered the public resources. In fact it is the more reason why we should have those aspiring for presidency to have a certain number of assets of their own, so as not to make the pootifoloi for people to go and make ends meet. I personally do not subscribe to such exploitative tendencies by those who ascend to presidency. I demand that let this close be repealed in the new constitution.
mwansa
March 20, 2015 at 11:08 am
Bwezani lost his terminal benefits when he came back into active politics,Has he been given back his benefits now,can we be updated coz this was what we got from the secretary to the cabinet when he wanted to stand on MMD ticket,brief us pliz
D man kopala
March 20, 2015 at 12:03 pm
pamatako pwiiiiiiiii amenshi sana
blackbull
March 20, 2015 at 12:33 pm
stupid thinking the salaries and allowances are heft and you still overburden the poor zambians even when these guys die . imagine kk s salaries for 27 years intact , chilubas 20 years and you still want to continue overtaxing poor people for their comfort . that is why we want some one who is already rich like hh who has built a state house of his own . abash pf vote upnd to do away with is no sense
jj kalonda
March 20, 2015 at 1:27 pm
Does this sort of rubbish happen in other countries? If not, then our law makers are worse than rubbish
lemba
March 20, 2015 at 5:12 pm
This matter is not PF’s matter. It is for all well meaning Zambians. PF did not make this law what is needed is to find a solution about it. MPs what do you think or what are you going to do about this issue. Indeed building a house for KK, Chiluba, Sata & Mwanawasa does it make sense? Even Lupiya who only served for 3 years. But this does not mean that you should heap the blame on the ruling party NO just let us find away of solving this issue / problem. This is when the opposition should show us their positive contribution to an national issue.
Kwati like so
March 20, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Mps shud debate abolishing such a stupid idea. Y advocate as if u r not thinking. U wat us to tell u t start thinking sure !