‘Replace non-performing MPs, councillors’

NON-PERFORMING Members of Parliament and councillors must be replaced by those whose works are practical and ready to support President Edgar Lungu’s agenda of hard work, a political and civil activist Kelvin Chipili has said.

Mr Chipili noted that President Lungu was a hard working leader, but had been disappointed by non-performing MPs and councillors who must be ejected to pave way for those who were ready to coordinate efforts aimed at benefitting the residents and the country at large.

He was speaking in an interview in Kitwe after a community meeting with residents of Twikatane Branch in Overspill area of Mulenga compound in Ndeke ward.

Mr Chipili said it was sad that most councillors were being implicated in illegal sale of land, which had distorted the face of the city.

He said Kamfinsa constituency had continued to lag behind because the previous MPs in the last 15 years had not served the interests of the people.

Mr Chipili is eyeing Kamfinsa constituency on the PF ticket. “Under-performing MPs must be replaced by those whose works are practical and ready to support the agenda of President Lungu of infrastructure development, poverty alleviation through empowerment of women and Youths,’’ Mr Chipili said.

In the 2021 elections, Mr Chipili said President Lungu must be given practical MPs and councillors to deliver development and not representatives who would end up tarnishing the name of the party.Mr Chipili said his interest was to support various projects and help the vulnerable people in various parts of Kamfinsa. He said it was after seeing his passion to see that people’s lives were improved that the community started to persuade him to stand as parliamentary candidate in 2016, but he had to pave way for the incumbent MP Elario Musonda.

“Even after paving way for Mr Musonda, I continued with various community works like supporting small projects of women and youth empowerment, helping out during funerals and other projects.

“If given chance to stand as MP, the people of Kamfinsa will make their choice on who should be their MP depending on how they know them and how they relate. I have been engaging in community projects to empower women and youths because he believed that empowerment could help to reduce poverty in community,’’ he said.