Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:33:32 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA OVER 30 Civil servants in Rufunsa district are occupying grass thatched houses, Rufunsa District Commissioner, Judith Chama has revealed. Speaking when Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister, Ronald Chitotela, paid a courtesy call at her office over the weekend, Ms Chama said civil servants were facing chal- lenges in accessing decent housing and found themselves in grass thatched houses because the area was a rural set-up. Ms Chama said once the construction of 10 medium and 20 low cost houses were finished, then housing deficit among the civil servants would ease as most of them were covering long distances when reporting for work from their far-flung areas. She appealed to Government to expedite construction of civil servants’ staff houses and other projects that have stalled. “We are appealing to Government through the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure De- velopment to consider finishing the construction of staff houses […]
