MP’s role is not giving donations, UPND says
IWILL not be a Member of Parliament (MP) to only help bereaved families in Kwacha constituency, but will create employment for the people to help themselves during funerals, UPND aspiring candidate Crispin Chomba has said.
He said once elected as MP, his role would be to make laws in Parliament and push for employment creation and not only giving support to bereaved families.
Mr Chomba was speaking at the weekend in an interview after he came out first among those aspiring to stand in Kwacha constituency during the UPND Kitwe district preliminary adoptions process.
He said instead of giving hand-outs to the bereaved families like the incumbent MP, Joe Malanji, was doing, he would create employment for the people so that they were financially independent.
I will not be an MP to give help and support to the bereaved families, but I will create employment for the local people do that they are able to support themselves whenever they have funerals.
"I will not be an MP to give help and support to the bereaved families, but I will create employment for the local people do that they are able to support themselves whenever they have funerals
"It is not my responsibility to give out donations, but my role as MP, will be to make laws in parliament and push for employment creation. I don't have money to be giving out to each family which has a funeral, " Mr Chomba said.
Mr Chomba said he would bring investors across the Kafue River in the New Kitwe to invest in agriculture and other sectors so that they could employ people and grow crops for export to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Angola.
Mr Chomba, who until now was working as an accountant at a private company, said the new Kitwe has been opened for both local and foreign investors to create employment for the local people and to grow the economy.
"Investment will not be only agriculture, but other sectors of the economy like manufacturing and others. I will develop Kwacha constituency and you will see it for yourself, " he said.