GOVERNMENT must not allow itself to be taken for a ride by youths who were beneficiaries to the Higer Buses Empowerment Programme and are now failing to honour their debt.They are coming up with all sorts of funny excuses to explain why they are failing to meet the K50, 000 monthly payment as agreed with Government in the first place.We share the disappointment expressed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youths, Sports and Arts, Dr John Phiri over their failure to pay their debt.The Higer Buses Empowerment Programme was a brainchild of the former Patriotic Front government designed to improve the livelihood of youths, particularly those in the passenger transport sector by giving them buses in form of loans.The youth were encouraged to form cooperatives before they could be given the buses. From our understanding, the buses they were given were all new.But now, the youth who were empowered with the buses allege […]
LOANS OR MANNA?
