By SILUMESI MALUMOMINISTRY of Finance and the Bank of Zambia must review requirements for the K10 billion stimulus package so that it directly benefits ordinary Zambians especially those in rural areas, former Minister of Finance Katele Kalumba has said.The package, Dr Kalumba noted, should benefit those who have been critically affected by Covid-19He said in an interview that people were still in dark on how they could access the facility.Dr Kalumba said that people were eager to apply for the facility but there was no proper explanation in the public domain how the funds could be acquired.He noted that South Africa had a similar programme and Government had ensured that ordinary people accessed it which could also be the case in Zambia.“I think the central bank and the Ministry of Finance that are handling this process have not done things in the way they are supposed to be done.“Today if you ask people who have been seriously hit by […]
‘MAKE STIMULUS PACKAGE EASILY ACCESSIBLE’
