Uncle T rebuffs cocktail poison claims
By MUKOSELA KASALWE AVIC International Limited has been asked to dump rubble from Mungwi Road construction works to roads in Mwembeshi Ward to fill up potholes.
Mwembeshi Ward 25 Patriotic Front Councillor Kelvin Kaunda said AVIC International, which was working on Mungwi Road should dump the debris from the construction site to damaged roads in his ward to improve them.
He said some roads in the ward were impassable because they had been turned into potholes and were literally unusable. In an interview, Mr Kaunda said it was one of the major projects being undertaken in the ward as the roads in their present state could not be graded.
Mr Kaunda was hopeful that the initiative would improve the roads in the ward before the onset of the rains. He said some of the roads had been disused for years and that levelling debris on them would make them usable. And Mr Kaunda said the Eden health post had been completed and would soon open to the public. He said the development would save residents time By KALOBWE BWALYA PROPRIETOR of the famous Dallas City club Trevor Ngandu has refuted media reports that one person died after taking a cocktail at his night club in Lusaka’s Kabwata township recently.
Mr Ngandu, popularly known as Uncle T”, said as a Zambian businessman, he had no intentions of killing anyone because he considered everyone as a brother. He said he had tried to leave a legacy by coming up with a good business concept.
Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka, Mr Ngandu said he was saddened by the claims by his fellow businessmen. He accused them of trying to pull him down.
He said the samples of his cocktail were taken to the food and drugs control laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital for testing and was recommended for human consumption.
He explained that tests proved that the cocktail was within the recommended alcohol percentage for consumption.
“If my cocktail is bad, then why is it that everyone is imitating my concept, because they are now found everywhere, go to Kamwala, Matero, Chelstone and transport costs as the facility was within their reach.
Mr Kaunda said he had identified schools in Mwembeshi Ward which lacked desks and that through social corporate responsibility with Eden University, furniture would be made available to them by next week. even Avondale and other places you will find these cocktails being mixed,” said Mr Ngandu.
He said he would continue doing the cocktail adding that he was not only after making money, but also to empower underprivileged people in society.
Mr Ngandu said, he had information that some bar owners from Chilenje, Kabwata and surrounding areas have ganged up against him, accusing him of taking away their customers.
He urged other businessman to avoid being jealous because business was all about competition and not tarnishing people’s names or fighting each other.
Mr Ngandu who runs an orphanage called Home of David and Faith in Libala with 30 kids, said he would ensure that he looked after the children properly because the wealth he had was not meant for him alone, but to help the less privileged in society.
“At Dallas City we have employed over 50 people which is another way of creating employment to the locals. So I won’t be pulled down because I am doing the correct thing,” he said