Millennium Challenge boss to inspect sanitation project

By MUKOSELA KASALWE UNITED States Millennium Challenge Account Corporation vice-president Kyeh Kim is to visit Zambia on a four-day tour to assess the implementation of the U$355 million Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Drainage works.

Ms. Kim is scheduled to visit Zambia from October 5 to 8, 2017 to assess the implementation of the US$355 million Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) Project funded by the American government through the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

In a statement issued yesterday, MCA Zambia director communications and outreach Dr. John Kunda said Ms. Kim would be accompanied by Ms. Adrienne Spero, White House Liaison Officer of the chief executive officer and Mr. Daniel Petrie, associate director, Department of Congressional and Public Affairs.

He said the US government delegation is expected to tour selected LWSSD Project construction sites and hold high-level meetings with senior Zambian government officials and other stakeholders.

‘‘The United States Millennium Challenge Corporation Principal Deputy Vice President for Compact Operations, Ms. Kyeh Kim, will be visiting Zambia for four days. The purpose of the visit is to assess the implementation of the US$355 million Lusaka Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage (LWSSD) Project,’’ Dr Kaunda said.

Dr Kaunda said the delegation planned to tour the US$10 million works on the Kaunda Square Waste Stabilization Ponds, which are scheduled for completion by November 2017. He said once the rehabilitation and expansion works were completed, the ponds would have the capacity to cater to a population of over 156,000, an almost nine-fold increase from its original design capacity of 18,000 beneficiaries.

Dr Kaunda said another site to be visited is the US$17 million Mazyopa storm water drain; the expansive 2.6 kilometre channel, which drains into the Ngwerere stream, scheduled for completion by December 2017.

He said other works expected to be completed in the year 2018 included the rehabilitation of the Iolanda Water Treatment Plant in Kafue; water supply and sanitation interventions in areas such as Mtendere, Ng’ombe, Kamanga, SOS East, Kwamwena, NdekeVorna Valley and Chipata Compound, as well as the rehabilitation and construction of the Bombay drain, about 28km of backbone drainage.