{"id":3884,"date":"2026-05-03T00:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2026-05-03T00:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:40:36","slug":"government-to-upgrade-kabwe-ngabwe-road-to-bituminous-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=3884","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE KABWE-NGABWE ROAD TO BITUMINOUS STANDARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Mutale Nalumango has announced that the Government will in the next two months start upgrading the 140 Kilometer Kabwe-Ngabwe road to bituminous level.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Nalumango observes that the road has been in bad condition for many years, a situation which made traveling on the road a hurdle\u00a0for many travelers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when she addressed scores of Ngabwe residents at Mumbachala, the vice president noted that the government wants easy transportation to and from the agriculture district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By 2031, you will have a tarmac road,&#8221; she assured the residents of Ngabwe<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President also stated that the government is planning to rehabilitate the pontoon which was recently decommissioned before putting up a permanent bridge on the Kafubu River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe intend to put up a permanent bridge to improve access across the Lufubu River,\u201d Mrs Nalumango said.<\/p>\n<p>She also pointed out that the government is aware of some of the developmental needs of the people of Ngabwe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have also been told that telecommunication is a challenge and that you need\u00a0communication towers, I will engage the relevant Ministry to ensure that we ease communication,&#8221; said Mrs Nalumango.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President also highlighted the developments that the government has undertaken in the district especially through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have built school infrastructure, maternity annexes and improved road infrastructure,&#8221; she said, \u201cThis is because the President is keen to improve the lives of the people in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the increase in the CDF annual allocation to enhance decentralisation has taken development to many parts of the country including those that were initially underserved.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Nalumango urged the people of Ngabwe to vote for President Hichilema in the August 13 Presidential election for continuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m urging you to vote for\u00a0President Hichilema to enable him to continue with the developments that have been initiated,\u201d said the Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Mutale Nalumango has announced that the Government will in the next two months start upgrading the 140 Kilometer Kabwe-Ngabwe road to bituminous level. Mrs Nalumango observes that the road has been in bad condition for many years, a situation which made traveling on the road a hurdle\u00a0for many travelers. Speaking when she addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,36,141],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-3884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latestnewsright","category-construction","category-technology","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3887,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions\/3887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}