Business tycoon Napoleon Dzombe and Senior Chief Kayembe have hailed the establishment of Friends of Kayembe Association (FOKA) in Kayembe community as the genesis of changing people’s mindset and a tool for making people to embrace hardworking spirit in their respective area of occupation to become self-reliant.
Speaking during the meeting of FOKA Tidziwane at Lingadzi Inn in Lilongwe, Dzombe highlighted the need for knowledge and hardworking spirit for one to be successful.
He said people are performing well in various organizations, companies and government entities but they fail to have their own innovations based on the skills and knowledge they gained and develop a hard working spirit in those particular innovations.
“The word of God tells us that a person will eat his sweat until he enters the grave which means that if a person does not work hard then he will be against the word of God, but those who want to eat they have to work hard. So let’s encourage each other that if we want success then let’s work hard.”
“Knowledge and hardwork must go together. And let’s work hard in our own work if we want to succeed. I have seen tobacco farmers, they leave their homes and stay with someone on a contract basis, then they yield quality leaf and yield many tobacco bales which they fail to produce on their own,” Dzombe said.
He further hailed FOKA Association saying it will play a great role in developing Kayembe community for ensuring oneness and unity.
“Steel sharpens steel, the same with the people, if you want to do great things, you should come together to share ideas with the goal of making what you want to do possible.
Any big project requires a lot of people to come together, so the team is very important,” he added.
Senior Chief Kayembe said FOKA Association will assist to change the way of thinking as they get knowledge from educated people from FOKA Association.
“I welcomed the FOKA organization to my area knowing that there are different people working in different jobs in this Association. This will help to change the way of thinking of these people when they are receiving knowledge from these educated persons.
“Many people in rural areas have a hard time thinking. So these people have been helped to work hard. In the village there are problems of hunger, transportation, bridges but if we come together it will help us to be self-reliant,” she said.
Chairperson for FOKA Association, Martin Majomeka, commended the meeting, saying it’s objective has been achieved as they witnessed large number of people participating.
“We called for this meeting just to know each other as sons and daughters of Traditional Authority Kayembe and we believe that this opportunity has been achieved. We noted through lively participation from all members,” Majomeka said.
He further highlighted several projects they want to implement, urging the team’s working spirit to achieve those activities.
According to Majomeka, FOKA was enstablished in 2023 to promote socio-economic development of Kayembe community, promote child education, and reduce environment degradation among others.
