MUFULIRA PF member of parliament Golden Mwila has questioned how the supplementary budget will be funded. And Kawambwa PF member of parliament Nickson Chilangwa says it’s ironic that Emmanuel Jay Banda has been charged with aggravated robbery over a camera and other things valued at less than K20,000. On Friday, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane presented a supplementary budget of K41.9 billion, with K8.3 billion intended for drought response interventions for affected citizens. He added that K17.2 billion of the supplementary budget would be realised through the declaration of savings from existing budget allocations to various government institutions and departments. But addressing the media, Friday, Mwila said the budget didn’t reflect the international community’s response to the...

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