ZAMBIANS IN ETHIOPIA NOD RE-LAUNCHED CLEAN CAMPAIGN

AS Zambians living in Ethiopia, we welcome President Edgar Lungu’s initiative to relaunch the Keep Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy Campaign, Association of Zambians living in Ethiopia, (AZE) Chairperson Jack Zulu has said.

Dr Zulu said with the campaign enforced, street vendors should trade in designated places to ensure hygiene while generating revenue’s for government through levies. Dr Zulu said the sustainability of the campaign was important adding that it could be done through attitude change among citizens, strengthening of institutions such as the councils and implementing laws to deter would-be offenders. He said this after holding an AZE quarterly meeting in Ethiopia on Monday. “Zambia has in the past been in the international media for wrong reasons, such as the outbreak of Cholera associated with poor water and sanitation. We are hopeful that this wrong picture will be reversed and erased as the campaign progresses,” Dr Zulu said. He added that laws must be stiffened and strongly enforced in line with the spirit of the campaign. “Councillors play a critical role in ensuring that communities are mobilised and informed of all programmes that the government initiates, therefore ward development committees that existed in the past must be revived,” he said. Dr Zulu also said it was important that Zambia started to manage the use of plastics adding that it was time for the country to move towards replacing plastics with environmentally friendly materials. This is contained in a statement made available to Daily Nation by the office of the first secretary for press.