Sawi Hausiku

RUNDU – The Mbunza Traditional Authority will be celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Hompa Alphons Kaundu’s chieftainship tomorrow.

Mbunza Traditional Authority chief councillor Dagbert Mukoya told Nampa on Wednesday the aim of the event is to ensure unity, peace and the well-being of the Mbunza community. “The event is also aimed at upholding, promoting, protecting and preserving the culture, language, traditions and traditional values of the community,” Mukoya said. He said during the traditional authority’s 23-year reign, they have been successful in keeping the Mbunza community peaceful by ensuring that disputes and conflicts are resolved in a fair manner.

“No uprising or demonstrations against the traditional authority ever happened in the 23 years,” he said.
He added that the proper management and allocation of communal land has enabled community members to acquire land for subsistence farming as well as small-scale commercial farming.

“With over 100 gazetted small-scale farming units, our farmers have enjoyed a significant increase in their livestock and crop farming, despite persistent challenges such as drought and shortage of rainfall.”
Government programmes, have
also been effectively carried out in their area of jurisdiction such as drilling of boreholes, and many community members now have access to potable water.
This is the second time the traditional authority celebrates Kaundu’s chieftainship.
The first event was held in 2011, when Kaundu celebrated 10 years of ruling the Mbunza Traditional Authority.
Mukoya said they are expecting government officials, politicians, religious and traditional authority leaders, local authority leaders and members of the community at the celebrations. -Nampa