AMEND LOCAL GOVT ACT

Civil Society Organizations-CSO – Decentralization Alliance Network -CSO DAN- has advised the government to amend the Local Government Act of 2019 so that it is aligned to the principles of decentralization.

CSO DAN Interim National Coordinator, GEORGE CHIMEMBE says some of the provisions in the Local Government Act are inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution and requires urgent attention.

Mr CHIMEMBE also agreed with Finance Minister, SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE statement that the mechanisms for facilitating access to the Constituency Development Fund -CDF- are rigid and restrictive and are posing a challenge to the smooth implementation of the fund.

In a statement released to ZNBC News, he notes that it will be counterproductive to come to the end of the fiscal year and discover that more than 70 percent of the CDF is still lying with the Ministry of Finance.

He has since proposed that Local Government and Rural Development Minister GARY NKOMBO consider convening a consultative mid-term evaluation of the CDF.

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