DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi says his government is committed to working with Zambia to actualise the Kasomeno-Mwenda toll road and Luapula bridge project.
Mr. Tshisekedi said the project which was being promoted by GED Africa and Duna Aszfalt of Hungry would offer economic benefits to both countries, hence the need to implement it.
The Head of State has since directed his government officials to collaborate with their Zambian counterparts to ensure that the groundbreaking ceremony for the project took place within the next three months.
Congolese President was speaking when Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa, Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale and Zambia’s Ambassador to that country Friday Nyambe paid a courtesy call on him.
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The Kuomboka ceremony of the Lozi takes place almost every year in March or April at the end of the rainy season. Photo: Dietmar Hatzenbichler / WikiCommons
The Lozi are perhaps well known for their Kuomboka ceremony that takes place almost every year in March or April at the end of the rainy season. The ceremony, described as one of the last great Southern African ceremonies, became necessary due to the flooding of the Zambezi plains (mainly where the Lozi live). The only people with a king instead of a chief, their Kuomboka essentially marks the ceremonial journey of the Litunga (the king) from his dry-season palace at the town of Lealui to his