WE are currently in the middle of the rainy season, a time that brings both blessings and challenges. For our farmers, it is the time to plant; for cattle herders, it means more grazing land for their livestock; and for our power stations, it means more water in the catchment areas for power generation. But for the people of Mthilansembe in Kapata Ward, Chipata Central Constituency, this time of year used to be terrifying. It meant their lives and property were in danger due to the expansion and deepening of the famous Mthilansembe gully, a deep hole in the ground caused by rainwater. Think of a gully as a massive, unplanned drainage. As the rains fell, the gully would get...