By SIMON MUNTEMBATHE shifting of responsibilities from the central Government to constituencies is a trap to make MPs scapegoats to justify President Hakainde Hichilema’s imminent failures in the next Presidential elections, Munir Zulu has charged.Mr Zulu who is Lumezi Independent Member of Parliament (MP) said the UPND unveiled 2022 budget had false figures. In an ambitious 2022 national budget, Minister of Finance Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane announced unprecedented constituency development fund (CDF) increment from K1.6 million to K25.7 million per constituency.Dr Musokotwane explained that certain tasks that were previously under the central Government would now be undertaken by the local authorities working through CDF. However, Mr Zulu said the shifting of responsibilities from the central Government to constituencies was aimed at framing MPs so that when President Hichilema failed to deliver, he would blame them.He said it was imminent that the UPND Government would fail because it had underfunded the ministry. “A perfect scapegoat to justify […]
CDF IS A TRAP, SAYS MUNIR ZULU
