By KETRA KALUNGATHE theft, misuse, and abuse of finance that the United Party For National Development (UPND) condemned while in the opposition is likely to continue going forward because the system for managing public funds is not in place due to the absence of permanent secretaries, says Economist Yusuf Dodia.Mr. Dodia said in an interview that with the increased allocation of the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) from K1.6 million to K25.7 million, the chances of public funds being misappropriated are high because the government is operating without permanent secretaries who are controlling officers. He said the government should quickly appoint permanent secretaries because it’s unacceptable that politicians appointed as ministers are running ministries on behalf of the government in the absence of permanent secretaries. “The government is being run by ministers because there are no permanent secretaries which means you have politicians who shouted slogans during the election campaigns now becoming heads of ministries trying […]
ABUSE TO CONTINUE IN ABSENCE OF PERMANENT SECRETARIES
