Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:59:54 +0000
By ROGERS KALERO
MORE than K700, 000 is to be spent on the construction of the girls’ hostels at Muchinshi Basic School on the outskirts of Chingola district on the Copperbelt.
Chingola Member of Parliament (MP) Mathew Nkhuwa said the Constituency Development Trust (CDT), had decided to construct a new girls’ hostel at Muchinshi Basic School because the old one was in a dilapidated state.
Mr Nkhuwa said in an interview in Chingola that the construction of the girls’ hostel, which would accommodate more than 60 girls, would start soon after the completion of the maternity ward at Lulamba clinic.
“That CDT will construct the girls’ hostels at Muchinshi. So, the construction works at Muchinshi will start in the next two or three months after the construction of the maternity ward is completed at Lulamba clinic.
“More than K700, 000 will be spent on the construction of the girls’ hostels at Muchinshi Basic School. The current hostels which the girls are using are in very bad state and not fit for human consumption,” Mr Nkhuwa said.
And Mr Nkhuwa has also said more than K400, 000 is to be spent on the construction of a police post at Twateka Shopping Centre which has recorded an increase in criminal activities including murders.
He said the construction of the police post at Twaiteka Shopping Centre had been necessitated by an increasing number of criminal activities recorded in the area near the shops.
He said residents lobbied for the construction of a police post to provide security and curb the increasing crime wave.
“It was during the time of my campaigns for the August 11, 2016 elections that the people in the area lobbied for the construction of a police post in the area after experiencing robberies and murders.
“The good thing is that, the residents in the area did not only lobby for the construction of a police post, but are also contributing materials to go towards the construction of the police post. More than K400, 000 is to be spent on the construction of a police post in the area,” Mr Nkhuwa said.
