Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:35:32 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA LUSAKA residents should change their mindset and start considering other means of disposing the bodies of the dead such as cremation because Lusaka has run out of land for new graves, Lusaka mayor Wilson Kalumba has said. Speaking during the first quarter plan presentation for Lusaka City on Thursday, Mr Tembo said while the challenge of looking for land for the new gravesite was a government responsibility, the city currently had no land to rest the dead. Mr Tembo said cremation was being practiced in most parts of Europe where families were having their relatives cremated adding that there was nothing wrong with the practice culture being introduced in Lusaka. He wondered why people insisted on burring their relatives when the graves were not even maintained. “The state of the graves in Lusaka is regrettable. People do not maintain their relatives’ graves and the grave yards […]
