WE don’t want handouts, give us inputs and we will deliver, says Senior Chief Nsokolo of the Mambwe people. Speaking when Minister of Youth, Sports and Arts Elvis Nkandu paid a courtesy call on him ahead of the Umutomolo traditional ceremony of the Mambwe-Lungu speaking people of Northern Province, held on Saturday, Chief Nsokolo said his chiefdom was able to produce enough food because of good rainfall patterns. “Before you came, I was discussing with Her Royal Highness Waitwika here. She was commenting how much maize she has farmed with trucks loading on her way coming here. So, that’s how special this Umutomolo is. God has given us food and it is time that we thank him traditionally. Us Mambwes,...

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