Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:00:47 +0000 LOCAL Government Service Commission has continued with administrative assessment of determining capacity and re-alignment of staff in the 106 councils countrywide in readiness for full devolution, says Chairperson Amos Musonda. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Musonda said the decentralisation policy had scored a number of achievements since it was revised in 2013. Mr Musonda explained that the establishment of Ward Development Committees (WDC) which is aimed to enhance engagement with citizens in local governance, finalisation and approval of nine sector devolution plans and development of appropriate organisational structure which provided optimum staffing levels for the current functions. He said staffs in departments performing functions earmarked for devolution in the first phase commenced administrative reporting to councils last year such as disaster and risk reduction management under the office of the Vice President, extension services under the Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries as well as primary […]
