Hunger looms in Chibombo

CHIEF Chitanda of Chibombo District in Central Province has predicted severe hunger in his Chiefdom following the flooding of crop fields.

The traditional leader has called on the office of the Vice President to quickly provide relief support to his people whose fields and houses had been destroyed by heavy rains. This is according to information made available to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) media team.

Speaking when DMMU director of special duties,

Felix Mang'wanto visited the area , Chief Chitanda said the area has received continuous rainfall for the last one week leading to destruction of property.

The chief disclosed that the heavy rains had also washed away roads and bridges in his area.

He said all the farm inputs Government provided to the people of Chibombo District had gone to waste.

Chief Chitanda called on DMMU to help the affected families with tents and other relief support especially to those whose food had been affected.

And Mr Mang'wanto said the office of the national coordinator was deeply concerned with the flooding in Chibombo.

Mr Mang'wanto said the DMMU would do everything possible to ensure that the people of Chibombo are food secure and that they have temporal accommodation.

He said DMMU would engage engineers from the Road Development Agency (RDA) to find a lasting solutions to the washed away crossing points in the District.

And Kembe Member of Parliament Princes Kasune thanked DMMU for the prompt response to the people of her constituency.

Ms Kasune said her people were in dire need of relief support and that only Government could bail them out.

She expressed optimism that the office of the Vice President would deliver to the expectations of the people of Kembe and Chibombo as a whole.