By OLIVER SAMBOKOCHIEF Sinazongwe of the Tonga people says the Aquaculture Development Fund under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will remain just a song as long as it remains the preserve of political cadres.Chief Sinazongwe said the implementation of the Aquaculture Seed Fund under the Zambia Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project has not benefitted the genuine farmers because in some cases politically-connected cadres are the ones that have been accessing the funds.He said there will be need to put in strict measures aimed at identifying genuine farmers and clean up the ghost fish farmers from the system.He said despite Government having released funds, the Aquaculture subsector has remained static because some people who received the money channeled it to other business.Chief Sinazongwe bemoaned lack of access to funding by genuine farmers which he said if not addressed urgently, the country will continue importing fish despite sitting on 40 percent of the water resource in the […]
DEPOLITICISE FISH FUND, SAYS CHIEF SINASONGWE
