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Govt Gets Tough With CDF ABUSERS
Local Government and housing minister Nkandu Luo says government is working on a CDF ACT that will ensure that people who abuse the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) are punished.
Professor Luo told parliament that lack of such an ACT has contributed to the continued abuse of the Constituency Development Fund.
She stated that CDF guidelines have proven to have loopholes and that this why there has been rampant abuse of the CDF.
She also stated that she will not allow political cadres to sit on the constituency development committees.
Professor Luo said constituency development committees are not meant for political cadres but opinion leaders in the respective constituencies.
She further revealed that the CDF for 2012 which has been increased to K1 billion per constituency is expected to be released in June.
Meanwhile government has released K30 billion to the Lusaka city council to compensate people who will be displaced as a result of the construction of ring roads.
Local government and housing deputy minister Forrie Tembo told Parliament that the affected residents have already agreed to the compensation.
He was responding to a question by Chisamba Member of Parliament Moses Muteteka who wanted to know what progress the Government has made on the construction of ring and township roads as part of the Lusaka City Master Plan.
Posted by
abyei
March 22, 2012 at 8:35 pm
this sounds good lets see how it will be implimented.CDF has not benefited the intended pipo.now that it has been increased we hope for the better.we are however tired of politics we want action or else it is pointless to increase it.
Jmc007
March 22, 2012 at 8:35 pm
She’s the only minister whose policies and directions are clear, the rest are scared of Ukwa, why?
fyonse
March 22, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Good intention mama I feeling this time councils will start ticking. Issue yama street venders is the draw back. I hope solution will be found soon.
diffikkoti
March 22, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Make it available as well
Ndate Mashekwa in Zim
March 22, 2012 at 9:28 pm
We are looking forward to ring roads in Lusaka to ease congestion. Please, cage abusers of CDF funds!!!
4 The Marginalised
March 22, 2012 at 10:17 pm
This is the policy direction the people want.CDF is the only decentralised fund and it has worked well where the MP and his CDC are working in a transparent manner.However,where there is in fighting and cheap politics,the CDF has been abused and the culprits go scot free.In most cases,the electorates are not aware abt the existence of the fund and yet it was created in 1995 by an Act of parlay!Most MPs in connivance with CDCs take advantage of the pipos ignorance to pick and implement projects without any consultations with the community who are beneficiaries!The other loophole is at the councils,these chaps connive with the suppliers to inflate the prices for the materials for the projects!The guidelines are so ambigious that even the WDCs do not understand them.1 billion is too little to bring abt genuine dev in the constituences,some constituences are so big,bigger than Swaziland e.g Kasenengwa..others have 12 wards which need urgent dev..For true decentralised dev to hapen,a 6billion as proposed by Cde HH will do.let abusers of CDF be caged!lets take a leaf frm Uganda,tanzania and kenya th pioneers of CDF.
100percent
March 22, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Iyeee maayooh.impiya mwapanya mwema Kopala DCs.wait a min…does ths explains yo premature contract termination?u start budgetin 4da mula b4 t z wired inda account.jst go back 2teaching!!
Ruff
March 23, 2012 at 9:39 am
@100percent. Try to write in a language we can all comprehend.For instance try straight English.
Mpangula Mputyu
March 23, 2012 at 10:34 am
Same Same old story.
bashi chalwe
March 23, 2012 at 1:15 pm
good posing madam minister, nice photo. the problem is u tok too much, ndola swimming pool issue where has it gone?? u lyk toking but no action, old political styles and approach!!
Mpanga ya sapa umwenda abakalabene
March 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm
This is very good, go ahead and present this bill to Parly. In the meantime K1 billion is ok, until we have the CDF Act in place to cage all long fingered MPS and CDC members.