Chirundu chief lauds Lungu

CHIEF Sikoongo of the Tonga speaking people in Chirundu district has commended President Lungu and the government for delivering development to his chiefdom.

Chief Sikoongo said Chirundu was developing rapidly and looking very attractive because of the current government leadership in place.

The chief also said he was happy with the current development projects taking place such as the building of the new administrative block, Njame Primary School scheduled to be commissioned and handed over to government today, building of five clinics in the chiefdom and the upgrading of the Chirundu –Lusaka road.

He also appealed to the Road Development Agency (RDA) through the local authority to put speed control humps on the Lusaka-Chirundu road because a lot of local and international drivers were over speeding leading to accidents and loss of human and animal life on the same road.

Meanwhile, Chief Sikoogo has appealed to the government to consider transferring long serving civil servants in the district because most of them had allegedly become used to the ‘‘usual’’ and had forgotten about their duties.

Speaking at his palace yesterday, Chief Sikoongo charged through his representative Jethro Mandeva that some civil servants were not working to the expectation of the government because they were allegedly too used with the environment around them

He charged that some civil servants were drunkards and in return failed to execute their duties effectively making it difficult for the district to develop.

The chief said he was not happy with some heads of departments who had allegedly failed to execute their duties effectively because they had over stayed and were familiar with the environment in Chirundu.

He added that transferring long serving civil servants would accelerate the already existing development in the district.

Chief Sikoongo also said he appreciated government for considering Chirundu district to be a beneficiary of the relief food.

Chief Sikoongo also called upon government to consider establishing dams which to support livestock in the district.

Meanwhile, the chief thanked Government for paying his salaries on time and called upon the local authority to also pay his retainers who had not been paid for the past three months.

Transferring long serving civil servants would accelerate the already existing development in the district