President Banda heads for the Copperbelt

LUSAKA, August 18, 2011, –Republican President, Rupiah Banda will on Saturday leave for the Copperbelt Province where he is expected to commission the rehabilitated urban roads in Kitwe.

The commissioning ceremony will be held in collaboration with Mopani Copper Mines, which has carried out the rehabilitation works on selected urban roads in Copperbelt towns.

President Banda’s Government recently embarked on a programme to rehabilitate key urban roads in various districts in Lusaka Province, the Copperbelt and parts of Central Province. The Copperbelt towns are Ndola, Kitwe, Mufulira, Chingola, Kalulushi, and Chililambobwe.

This urban road works project are expected to compliment the works outlined in the road Development Agency (RDA) 2011 annual work plan and are being coordinated by the various road sector agencies under the Ministry of works and Supply, with the use of equipment from the rural roads unit and the Zambia National Service.

While in Kitwe, President Banda is on Saturday expected to hold his first political rally in the copper-mining province following the filing of nominations for next month’s tripartite elections. The President will also tour parts of Copperbelt rural, including Luanshya.

The Presidential delegation will include senior MMD officials. President Banda will be expected back in Lusaka after concluding the scheduled business on the Copperbelt.

This is according to a statement from the public relations unit at state house.