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Southern
Province Response to Draft FNDP
We have been part
of the initial processions in the province. We would like to
move away from the theories of the FNDP into its practices in
trying to deal with the poverty and its effects on the lives of
people of Zambia. Us in provinces see poverty; experience it
while some people imagine it. We see it and that is why we came
up with the following recommendations.
Agriculture
In our input to the FNDP as a province, we made various
recommendations, and glad that some issues
have taken on except the following;
1. Provision of profitable, efficient Readily available market
for agriculture produce such as; maize,
milk, beef etc. As FRA is not doing enough and private so called
brief case men take over.
- Government should construct dams for irrigations projects to
over come drought situations which lead to hunger etc.
- Government should introduce irrigation schemes/programs in
areas where there is already
availability of water e.g. Siavonga, Keemba etc.
- Eradication of tsetse flies.
Education
- Government should construct more basic and high schools to
accommodate more pupils if free basic education is to be
meaningful or realistic.
- Rehabilitate school infrastructure e.g. class rooms,
laboratories.
- Employ more teachers.
- Come up with more or another school for children with special
needs. Currently we have only one school in Choma, St Mulumba
which is providing special education to children with special
needs.
Health
- Although government has promised construction of health
infrastructure, the province experiences services shortage of
health personnel such as nurses, Doctors. In some places where
personnel may be available, drugs are not there,eg Nkanda nzovu
government case elaborate.
Road Infrastructure
- Government should not wait for road rehab. In order to build
bridges damaged during rain season in Gwembe, and also other
roads which were temporally maintained as these should
facilitate agriculture activities.
Water Sanitation
- Government should expand existing water reservoirs to meet,
the high water demands for people and animals needs.
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