Get back burial land, Pastor tells council

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:33:13 +0000

By SIABANA KELVIN

A  PASTOR in Kitwe, Davies Kasengele of Dominion Bible Church, has appealed to the local authority to consider repossessing the land surrounding the Chamboli Township cemetery.

Pastor Kasengele said it is unfortunate that last week, the Kitwe City Council announced  that the Chamboli township cemetery was full and that mourners should consider using the Zambia National Service (ZNS) and Zamtan areas as an alternative burial site. The council’s assistant public relations manager, Dona Mbalwe announced last week that the Chamboli township cemetery had run out of burial spaces.

But Pastor Kasengele said it was unwise for the council to advise the public to start burying their dead from areas that have not been gazetted.

Pastor Kasengele said the local authority has the power allocate new land to people who have not put up any structure rather than subjecting the people to bury their deceased relatives in far places of the city.

He said if the council did this, such a move will benefit many and cushion expenses that will have to be spent on ferrying mourners to and from the proposed new burial sites.

He  said this  problem was created  by the  local authority  hence they should find a way to resolve the issue in order to ease the burden for the people  who do not have  the resources to bury their deceased in far flung areas such as Zamtan and ZNS area.