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Maramba stadium set for UNWTO


By CHALIMULENGA
THE ministry of sports in southern province has kicked off the
preparation for the August 2013 United Nations World Tourism
Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly by taking out the current
playing surface for the Maramba stadium in Livingstone.
Maramba stadium is earmarked for the closing ceremony of the UNWTO
general assembly where it is going to seat over 4,000 delegates.
Southern province sports coordinator Kennedy Mubanga said the Maramba
stadium is ear marked for rehabilitation.
Speaking in interview at Livingstone at Maramba where the works were
in process, Mubanga said the ministry of sports and the Livingstone
city council is working on the playing surface.
“We to plant kikuyu grass-root after resurfacing the grounds and
Zambia Air Force (ZAF) has offered us support as they have seconded
their grounds manager for Koloma stadium Mr Richard Phiri,” he said.
Mubanga said that terraces will be worked on as the current once will
be demolished.
 He explained that the full works on the rehabilitation of the
terraces will be in place once, the ministry of works and supply
completes the bill of quantities   report.
Mubanga added that they will be a bore hole and the terraces will be
put in place before August this year ahead of the UNWTO.
Mubanga said that once the rehabilitation works are done the stadium
would be multiple purposes apart from just soccer they will be other
sports activities that will take place.
“We want the grounds to be read before the UNWTO conference, we are
going to have a lot of entertainment on the ground through sports in
the Stadium,” he said.
Mubanga said the stadium belongs to the LCC and the ministry of sports
asked the council to close it in readiness for the stadium to bet for
rehabilitations.
Livingstone Pirates Football club secretary Fennix Liandisha said the
club was grateful to Patriotic Front (PF) government as it has good
policies of improving sports infrastructure.
He urged the supports to continue supporting Livingstone pirates that
will be playing at Busiku grounds at Busiku club.
End.

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