FINANCE Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says the 2024 budget wouldn’t have been fully funded if Zambia didn’t receive the recent disbursement from the IMF. On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund approved the fourth review of Zambia’s 38-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, triggering an immediate disbursement of US$184 million (K5.1 billion). Commenting on the development in an interview, Wednesday, Dr Musokotwane said the IMF disbursement, together with the African Development Bank Group’s $108 million loan to Zambia, would ensure a fully funded 2024 budget. “It follows that if this money did not come through, then it means that the 2024 budget would not have been fully funded. So, there are some items that we have not fully funded in 2024 because...