21 April 2011
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has been praised for consulting Southern Province chiefs on development matters and for launching mobile health units in the province aimed at bringing quality healthcare close to the people.
MMD national chairperson for art, culture and sport Trymore Mwenda praised Mr Banda for consulting all 41 chiefdoms of Southern Province on issues of development.
Mr Mwenda said President Banda’s consultative meeting with Southern Province traditional rulers held in the Zambia Sugar Conference room in Mazabuka on Tuesday was an indication that the Government recognised the important role chiefs played in Zambia.
Speaking in an interview in Mazabuka, Mr Mwenda said Mr Banda should be commended by all well-meaning Zambians for bringing all traditional leaders together to discuss development issues.
“The chiefs asked President Banda to attend the meeting and he accepted to grace it as a true leader of mother Zambia,” Mr Mwenda said.
He also praised Mr Banda for launching mobile health units in Southern Province which he said was a testimony of the Government’s resolve and commitment to improving the health of the people.
The mobile units which President Banda launched in Mazabuka on Tuesday consist of an outpatient unit, X-ray unit, theatre unit, laboratory unit, dispensary and audio visual unit, power and water unit and living quarters.
President Banda also presented a cheque worth K200 million to Mazabuka Girls High School which was donated to the school by Zambia Sugar Company.
Zambia Sugar Company also donated a cooker and sugar products to Faith Baptist Community School for the deaf at K30.4 million and President Banda presented the gifts to the School.
Apart from the mobile health units which will be available to all nine provinces of Zambia, the Government has acquired state-of-the-art ambulances in form of boats for use in locations where the people depend on water transport.
And Mr Mwenda said the MMD Government was committed to promoting art as well as culture and sports in Zambia.
He said the MMD and the Government was embracing all categories of artists and different sports activities in the country.
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