MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary technical services Nicholas Phiri says disbursement of CDF funds to constituencies depends on utilisation, arguing that while MPs are crying for more money, it is laying dormant in accounts. Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane announced an increase in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to 30.6 million per constituency from the current K28.3 million, for next year. But Shiwang’andu PF Member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo said it was a challenge to appreciate the increment in the CDF because his constituency and many others had only received about K6 million out of the total allocated funds of over K28 million for 2023. Commenting on this in an interview, however, Phiri said disbursement of...