Sun, 01 Oct 2017 10:08:33 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA TWENTY-TWO percent increment in the local government equalisation fund in 2018 budget is not enough, Local Government Association of Zambia (LGAZ) President Christopher Kang’ombe ha said. Meanwhile, the Local Government Association of Zambia has nodded the investment decision by NAPSA in the road sector announced in the 2018 National Budget speech on Friday. Reacting to the 2018 budget speech, Mr Kang’ombe has appealed to the minister of Finance Felix Mutati and his Local Government counterpart Vincent Mwale to review the figure upwards as provided for in the Constitution. “The Local Government Association of Zambia did submit in response to the MTEF green paper document that the proposed 22% increment in the equalisation fund to 109 councils is not enough”. Mr Kang’ombe said the association argued in their submission to government that service delivery at local government level through councils could only be achieved with adequate fiscal […]
