TRANSPARENCY International Zambia says it expects government to apply an allocative formula for CDF by taking into account different disparities across constituencies around the country. Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane is expected to present the 2025 national budget today, the fourth under the UPND government. Stating the organisation’s expectation ahead of the 2025 budget presentation, TIZ Public Resource Management Coordinator Tommy Singongi said the Constituency Development Fund had been allocated uniformly across all constituencies and therefore did not take into account the population despite poverty levels. “Our expectations both in terms of the content of the 2025 budget but also in terms of the process for the approval or enactment phase of the 2025 budget. In terms of...

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