By ANDREW MUKOMA
KAZUNGULA Town Council has called on the private sector to consider investing in the district now that the Kazungula Bridge Project has been completed and earmarked for commissioning next week.
Council Secretary, Mwiche Mudala, bemoaned lack of private sector in the district inspite of many investment opportunities.
Mr Mudala said the districts was yearning for more investment to go along with the modern bridge linking Zambia and Botswana.
In an interview yesterday Mr Mudala explained that the nature of Kazungula district was that of tourism but lacked infrastructure such as lodges, hotels and shopping malls.
“It is indeed an exciting time for Kazungula, we have received an avalanche of dignitaries. It also shows the interest that the government has placed in strategic districts like ours. As you know the geographical location of the district is, we border four countries so obviously it comes with its own expectations,” he explained.
“In term of infrastructure, we hinge our development on the integrated development plan and the IDP as it were focuses on multi-sectorial approach. We have earmarked a number of infrastructure to compliment what the government has done,” Mr Mudala said.
He explained that the district was now focusing on attracting private sector development since an enabling environment had been created by Government.
“Now we want to attract private sector investment as far as creating an enabling environment that has been done in which to invest more in the district. The district is currently lacking infrastructure such as shopping malls, infrastructure such as lodging because looking in general of the district, we are a tourism in nature,” he said.
He added: “Once we feel we have done that, the rest will easily fall in place.
As a council, we have taken a deliberate steps to try and encourage private sector development in the district and so far, we are very pleased with the strides that we have taken,” Mr Mudala said.
