ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION TO BEAR FRUITS IN 2023 – HHBy SIMON MUNTEMBAZAMBIANS will see the positive effect of decentralizing funds from the Local Government to the communities in the next two to three years, President Hakainde Hichilema has said.And President Hichilema has dismissed assertions that most of his appointments and reinstatements were done on tribal lines.Speaking to journalists shortly after his arrival at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport from the United Kingdom, President Hichilema said those that criticized the 2022 national budged and claimed that the increased Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K1.6 million to K25.7 million per constituency was illegal, were ignorant.The President wondered how some people could sink so low as to engage in such low levels of debate.He said contrary to claims by the armchair critics, the budget was legal under the Budget Act and that his Government intends to decentralize economic activities by bringing them closer to the constituencies. To Page 3The President said […]
ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION TO BEAR FRUITS IN 2023 – HH
