The Tourist Capital of Zambia– Livingstone played co-host with Zimbabwe’s Victoria falls town, to the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Convention.
It was at this time, by then Minister of Sports Chishimba Kambwili, peddled false hopes of an Ultra modern stadium–to be constructed in Livingstone.
“We will build a modern stadium in Livingstone like the one in Ndola. The only difference is that the Livingstone stadium will have a capacity of hosting 30,000 people, while Levy Mwanawasa Stadium capacity is 40,000.
“Otherwise the designs of the two stadiums will be the same. If we will have different designs, we will need different people to maintain and hence it’s easier to train people to maintain the same designs”, Said Kambwili.
4-years down the line
A visit to the area, where the said stadium was to be erected and no works has be done, no signs of commitment whatsoever.
The constructors, who were set to be identified in 2014 according to then, Southern Province Sports coordinator Kennedy Mubanga, are not yet revealed.
Worse, there is no assurance from government–no obvious explanation in regards as to why nothing has been done thus far.
A case of dumping the project
Could it be that, relevant authorities are having selective amnesia or the project was ditched? this and many other questions are asked.
They say, expectations postponed makes the heart sickening as it is the case study and wide consensus out there.
As time go by, all the big talks about this project becomes empty and the hopes peddled to be false.
Available facilities doing no good
Bupe Chewe is coach of a Zambian third tier side Maramba Stars and he shares the same views.
He told ZNBC Crew that the performance of his team has been negatively affected because of lack of proper training ground.
Chewe adds that many teams have resorted training in school grounds which are not ideal because of bad conditions of pitches.
