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Govt to take up funeral expenses for Chingola-Solwezi road accident victims

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA
Government says it will take up funeral expenses of the five people of the same family who died in an accident in Chingola on Sunday.

Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe said that this includes expenses on coffins, food and transport.

Five members of the same family died on Sunday around 22:00 hours in a road accident that happened along the Chingola-Solwezi Road.

Mr Kabwe said that government through the DMMU will also take up expenses on other logistics that will be required at the funeral house.

He said government is saddened that lives of five people of the same family have been lost in a road accident.

This is according to a statement issued to the independent Observer by DMMU senior communications officer Mathews Musukwa.