Thu, 04 May 2017 14:55:49 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU IMPLEMENTING a decentralisation policy is essential in ensuring a direct link of policies to the community to enable them participate in the selection of mining pro- jects in their areas. ALMOST all the districts in Zambia have mining activities, these are either the actual mining or exploration and communities expect revenue generated from such activities to translate into better living conditions. Mineral-rich areas have continued to shoulder a huge burden of hosting mines without due compensation and mitigation of the impacts of extractive activities within their localities. Such communities have argued for a long time on the need to ensure that revenue generated from the sector developed their areas. This however calls for intensive training by both Government and the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to ensure that these com- munities fully understood how the revenue is accounted for and the benefits they were entitled to. […]
