BY GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAAS the K173 billion 2022 budget takes effect, UPND has called on Zambians to exercise patience to allow Government to mop up resources that will feed into the budget to ensure its implementation.UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa made this call in an interview yesterday that it was understandable that Zambians are excited that they are now under the UPND government’s budget, but should be patient as its implementation will not be done at once.Last October, Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane unveiled a K173 billion budget which will see the employ- ment of 30, 000 teachers and 11, 000 health workers as well as increased ConstituencyDevelopment Fund (CDF) of K25.7 million from K1.6 million.“Our call to the people of Zambia is to exercise some level of reasonable patience to give Government and its cooperating partners time to mop up resources that will feed into the budget being applied so that the expected […]
BE PATIENT WITH US – MWEETWA
