Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:15:36 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA GOVERNMENT will start publishing quarterly reports on the country’s debt status for the public, says Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Mukuli Chikuba. Mr Chikuba said Government is concerned at the different debt figures being quoted by the public. Mr Chikuba said to avoid the public being uninformed of the debt status, the ministry has decided to commence publication of quarterly debt bulletins that will be made available to the public. Mr. Chikuba was reacting to allegations by the former minister of finance, Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane that the external debt status for the country was between US$17bn to US$20bn by the 31st of December 2017 contrary to the minister’s update that it stands at US$7.9bn. “The ministry has however noted the different numbers being quoted by some members of the public caused by information gaps and has undertaken to increase information sharing.” “Therefore in addition to the […]
