PF just buy us expensive coffins after we voted for Lungu last year – Lundazi resident
By Staff Reporter
A concerned resident has asked the PF government whether the habit by ruling party ministers of buying expensive coffins whenever someone dies is how the people of Lundazi are being repaid for overwhelmingly voting for President Edgar Lungu in last year’s general elections.
Highlighting the development challenges in Lundazi, Blessings Banda said in an interview that it was disappointing that 53 years after independence from British rule, the people of Lundazi are still using power from Malawi whose supply is so pathetic.
He said as a result government authorities were failing to provide electric power to critical institutions like the district hospital.
“You are not helping us. The people of Lundazi gave the PF the best vote in the country during elections. Is this the way they are paying us back? And the people of Lundazi mean well for the PF, by giving them the best vote,” Banda said. “Bwana Vice-President, the President, you are being cheated by these MPs and ministers. They are not visiting us to see how we are suffering. We need them now and they should not only come when there are functions or funerals to buy expensive coffins in the district.”
Banda complained further that most people in Lundazi felt neglected as if they were not a part of Zambia.
“Tell us if we are not part of Zambia so that we know where to go and what to do? And we feel we are neglected a lot Madam Inonge and Father Edgar, they are cheating you. Come to our aid and help us here. Your ministers and other government officials are nowhere to be seen and people of Lundazi have suffered with power outage from Malawi,” he said.
Banda said Kaulemba and Mugubudu areas in Chipata district have been connected to the ZESCO and yet there was nothing happening with Lundazi which was just a few kilometres from the two mentioned areas.
He said investors had started shunning the district and shifting to other districts due to the erratic power supply, which at times extends into two-week outages.
Banda further said the usage of generators in Lundazi would not help the people who were recently told by a government official that the district would only be connected to the national power grid in 2019.
“We are tired with the worst poor service from Malawi,” said Banda.
