Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
The number of people believed to have died of starvation owing to the hunger situation in Shang’ombo District in western province has now risen to five.
Shang’ombo Member of Parliament Mubika Mubika has disclosed that the latest death has been confirmed to him today, 1st October, 2019.
Mr. Mubika has told QTV News that this shows how severe the hunger situation in Shang’ombo district has now become.
He says as area MP, he has observed that while government is doing its part to distribute relief food to the people, the distribution is allegedly being done on partisan lines.
Mr. Mubika has appealed to government to engage genuine NGOs who will not distribute relief food on partisan lines.
He says his worry is particularly that if relief food continues being distributed on partisan lines, more lives will be lost especially among those that are on Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.