Senanga Poised for Economic Boom, Says District Commissioner

Whitney Mulobela

2 July 2011

SENANGA District Commissioner Kwalombota Muwanei has said the completion of the K800 billion Senanga-Sesheke road and other infrastructure projects by the government would accelerate the level of development in the district as the people had already started enjoying the benefits.

And several residents of Senanga district have commended President Rupiah Banda’s government for the various projects that the government is undertaking in the area.

Mr Muwanei said in Senanga yesterday that government’s focus on road and other infrastructure development would open the district to investment in various economic sectors such as tourism and agriculture.

“Senanga as I have indicated is one of the lucky districts that is benefiting from the fruits of this government. You can’t develop without proper road infrastructure. And that is why this government’s focus on infrastructure development is commendable,” he said.

He said the completion of the K800 billion Senanga – Sesheke road would open up the area for more investment as the road will open up the country to the SADC region.

Mr Muwanei told Journalists after a tour of developmental projects in the district that he was happy with the progress on the road.

“The contractor China New Era is doing a very commendable job as you may know that this was virgin land. This road is being constructed from scratch and am happy that the works are going on very well,” he said.

He said apart the major road projects government had worked on feeder roads through the Rural Road Unit (RRU) and USING the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

He said through the RRU government had worked on the Liangati and Lukanda feeder roads.

He said with the road projects the district was becoming more accessible and investor friendly.

Mr Muwanei said under President Banda’s government the district had also witnessed unprecedented infrastructure projects in the education and health sectors.

“That is why we get surprised to hear some people saying government is doing nothing because it is evident that this is a very hard working government. We have schools like Lubosi, Sunda which are now full fledged schools.

“Government has also built heal centres. There is one at Situnga and one is also under construction in Liachi,” he said.

He said people in the district especially the outlaying areas were expectant of the yet to be commissioned mobile hospitals.

He said the mobile hospitals would help people in the remote parts of Senanga to access quality health care.

“My father will be able to have access to medical doctors some of whom may have never had such an opportunity,” he said.

In the agriculture sector, Mr Muwanei said the district was now able to sale some produce to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) because of the government’s Farmer Input Support Program (FISP).

“In the past Senanga was providing nothing for sale to FRA but during the last season we sold 1500 bags of maize and 3, 000 bags of rice to FRA. One can say these are insignificant figures but it is a good start for us. We are have some consumption,” he said.

He said the district is a good destination for tourism as it is situated just on the banks of the river Zambezi.

“It will be very difficult for any party to unseat this government here because the people are seeing the development,” he said.

Meanwhile some residents spoken to yesterday expressed happiness with the government development projects in the area.

Mr Mutimbwa Mataa said he was happy that government was working on the Senanga – Sesheke road.

Mr Mataa said because of the good road between Senanga and Mongu people were now traveling with much easy.

Ms Nalukui Simushi said she was happy that government was also focusing on building schools and other infrastructure.

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