With funding from the Industry Promotion Fund (FPI), DAIPN Lukelenge’s farm in Kasaï Oriental has just been awarded the first batch of 5,000 chicks and meat imported from abroad. The plane carrying them landed at Mbuji-Mayi airport on Thursday, August 22, 2019.
It was an event for those who thought that the rehabilitation and modernization of the DAIPN-Lukelenge was a pipe dream. Gradually, the project takes shape according to the will of the Head of State expressed as part of its emergency program of 100 days.
From the airport, the delegation led by the vice-provincial governor, Jeannette Longa Muswamba, has traveled 15 kilometers from the city center of Mbuji Mayi, precisely to DAIPEN Lukelenge where the facilities are undergoing renovation and modernization by LR group, which also focuses on the supply, installation and operation of the farm.
According to the itinerant ambassador of the head of state, Nicolas Kazadi, this is a new era for Daipen Lukelenge which is made possible thanks to the intervention of the Industry Promotion Fund which is aligned with the right line of the 100-day program of the head of state, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.
To the entire East Kasaian population, a promise has been made: the first batch of broilers will be available on the Mbuji-Mayi market on 1 October 2019. And in mid-December 2019, the first eggs will be available at Mbuji Mayi market.
For its part, the REIT reiterates its commitment to continue the effective operationalization of DAIPEN Lukelenge.
As a reminder, the Industrial Promotion Fund (FPI) and the Israeli company LR GROUP LTD signed, on May 16, 2019, a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the project for the rehabilitation, modernization and development of the Agro Estate. President of N’Sele LUKELENGE in Kasaï Oriental. Overall project cost is estimated at 5.025 million US dollars.
This first batch of chicks equipped with DAIPN Lukelenge marks the revival of its poultry farm remained inoperative for more than 30 years.
Emilie MBOYO