Dear Editor.THE water sector is another little known yet a very essential sector that inter links different sectors of the economy. Despite Zambia tailoring its own National Water Policy in 1994, until 2011, the water policy remained a redundant document as the prospects of exploiting the water resources remained unattended to.After being elected into government, the Patriotic Front embarked on a journey to integrate and institutionalise the management of the water resources.It was intended to address cross sectoral issues such as land use, irrigation, wetland conservation, and climate change and conflict management.The functions of water management was vested in the Ministry of Energy and Water Development with a Water Development portfolio being at the same stature with other directorates in the Ministry.To bring about specialty in the Water Resource Management, the Ministry of Water Development was established as part of the institutional framework. Its successor is the Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection.To strengthen […]
THE FUTURE IS PROMISING IN THE WATER SECTOR
