DECENTRALISATION IS ABSOLUTELY THE SURE WAY TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT…BUT THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE THAT HAS INFURIATED THE NATIONDear Editor,ANY development planner worth his/her salt will agree with the statement issued by State House attached hereto on decentralisation.It is for the same reason that communist China has now emerged as the richest nation on earth, surpassing the United States, when it was one of the poorest nations only 40 years ago. Per capita, China was poorer than Zambia as at 1980.The nation is not infuriated by the statement on decentralisation. In fact, decentralisation was approved by the nation way back in 2002. The decentralisation policy and strategic frameworks were approved more than a decade ago. And decentralisation was made constitutional in 2016.The missing link has been political will to practically implement the constitutional, policy and strategic frameworks.Most citizens applauded President Hakainde Hichilema’s move to increase CDF appropriation from K1.6 million per year to K25.7 […]
DECENTRALISATION IS ABSOLUTELY THE SURE WAY TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
