MINISTRY OF LANDS OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN ENCROACHMENT OF MUNALI BOYS LAND
Education Minister Douglas Syakalima has expressed concern over the number of Ministry of Lands officials involved in the encroachment of land belonging to Munali Boys Secondary School.
More than 100 individuals are reported to have occupied the school’s land, which the minister says is legally owned by the Ministry of Education.
Speaking shortly before touring the encroached area in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Syakalima disclosed that he has reviewed the list of those involved and is disturbed to find names of Ministry of Lands officials involved in the illegality and has warned that there are no sacred cows in this matter
The Minister has wondered how schools such as Munali boys’ secondary will be expanded when the Ministry of Lands is entertaining land encroachments even after the introduction of free education which demands more establishments and expansion of schools.
And Munali Member of Parliament Mike Mposha, who is also Green Economy and Environment Minister has reaffirmed government’s commitment to addressing illegal land allocation.
PN
Just lip service. This is very disappointing. The law needs to quickly swing in place and these culprits dealt with. If you are being sincere Minister, those illegal buildings need to be immediately demolished. This govt is so quick to punish the poor yet slow to apply the law to the fat cats in its ranks. Please urgently act. Alot of illegal land grab in that Munali area has been happening under PF & now UPND govt. Lusambo during PF reign blow a lot of hot air telling us that the illegal buildings will all be flattened within a week after his ranting. To date not a single building went down, the illegal filling station and all adjacent buildings are all still standing & some even completed. Today its UPND making same statements, the people in authority know who is responsible for this illegality but we will see, no action will happen as they make dark backroom deals. Politicians are just jokers. Sometimes you should just keep quiet instead of taking us Zambians for fools.