Dear Editor,THE 2022 K25.7 million community development fund (CDF) hit the local accounts within first week of January.The efficient disbursement of the CDF is declaration of intent by the new spring administration that it has a different approach to statecraft. It is no longer business as usual (BAU). As many have pointed out so far, there is however a concern on lack of adequate capacity for effective delivery of projects so that we can avoid as much waste as possible.The implementing agencies such as Kitwe City Council do not have fully equipped and highly qualified community development officers.In fact, in most local authorities, CDF sits within engineering or planning directorates. The overall purpose of Community Development Fund (CDF) is the holistic human development of which infrastructure development is small part. The major part is promotion of socio-economic and political wholeness, and the best placed directorate for project management is the community development directorate.This does not mean […]
CDF DISBURSED ON TIME
