Dear Editor,TO promote the quality of life, rural development was identified as a basic initiative to ease poverty among the rural population.The Patriotic Front’s immediate policy intervention was to target the essential services required to make the Western Province habitable and attractive to the innovative prospective investors.Here, I highlight some of the policy interventions that have been made which would confer long term effects on the province.On September 11, 2014, the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (NRWSSP) was approved and timeline of implementation was to last for 60 months commencing 2015. The programme was aimed at providing sustainable access to water supply to 16 districts – Kalabo, Mongu, Sesheke, Shangombo, Kaoma, Lukulu, Senanga, Mwandi, Mulobezi, Sioma, Nalolo, Mitete, Luampa, Nkeyema, Limulunga and Sikongo.It was aimed at rehabilitation and new construction of water and sanitation infrastructure.So far, the project has provided water to about 688, 000 people (357, 760 women) and reached out to about […]
RURAL TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA FOR WESTERN PROVINCE
