Mikalile Investments has completed and submitted its Architectural Designs for the development of about US$20 Million four star Hotel and Shopping Mall at Kasama Golf Club in Kasama to the Provincial Administration.
And about 1, 200 direct and indirect jobs are to be created at construction and operational stages, 700 of which will be available during the construction stage while 500 permanent jobs will be available at operational stage.
Northern Province Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga says the projected investment has gone up from the initial US$12 Million after his office appealed for a few more additions to the proposed development of which the Company agreed to do.
“The One Hundred Rooms Hotel application becomes the third bid following earlier submissions by two other Companies and paves way for the Provincial Administration through the Kasama Golf Club, the owners of the land set aside for the development to close the deal for commencement of construction,” he said.
“This has greatly cheered us at Provincial Administration as we have been assured by the Leadership at Kasama Golf Club that a select Committee will soon sit to consider the applications and award the successful bidder that could see one of the first positive outcomes of the Investment Expo held only three months ago.”
He says this entails that the province may see the commencement of Construction of the facilities by May this year as Mikalile who already run a chain of Hotels and Departmental Stores in Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania have indicated that they can move on sight as early as April.
The Permanent Secretary states that the Company has indicated in its bid that it will as a matter of priority start with the Modernization of the Kasama Golf which will anchor the Multi Million Investment.
“The modernisation of the Golf Club will include among other things development of a state of the art nine hole Golf course, construction of an administration block, complete with conference facilities, club house, kitchen and restaurant, gymnasium a sports multi facilities Centre and a play centre for Children in support of Junior Golf,” said Mr. Kamanga.
“All the above facilities are to be fully furnished and equiped by Mikalile Investments and will be completed and handed over to the Golf Club before commencement of construction of the Hotel and Shopping Mall.”
Mikalile Investments Chief Executive Mulenga Mikalile was among Investors who signed an Investment deal with my office which was witnessed by President Edgar Lungu during the Northern Province Expo last November.
Mr. Mikalile has since indicated that he cannot afford to disappoint the President who personally encouraged him to honour his pledge after the signing ceremony in Kasama last year.
He said he had to put some of his Company’s expansion programs within and outside Zambia on hold to focus on Kasama after seeing the zeal for development by the Northern Province Administration.

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