Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:36:37 +0000 GOVERNMENT should quickly deal with armed Senegalese nationals at Gemcanton Investments Holdings Limited in Lufwanyama and other mines in the area before lives are lost, says Youth in Action for Sustainable Development (YASD) programmes manager Zebedy Lukwesa. Mr Lukwesa said government should also investigate how the Senegalese nationals came into Zambia as expatriates yet employed as security guards. And PF youths on the Copperbelt have expressed anger at the shooting of six Zambians by Chinese investors at Ebenezer Gem-field mine in Lufwanyama and have demanded for respect for the locals as the minerals the foreigners were extracting were the locals’ God-given natural resource. Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, Mr Lukwesa said the lacklustre attitude by security wings and the Immigration Department towards internal security was a source of worry. He questioned how over 100 Senegalese could elude authorities and come into the country as expatriates yet work as […]
