THE Lumezi Town Council says it has recovered over K420,000 from Constituency Development Fund (CDF) empowerment loan defaulters after taking legal action. Last month, the local authority sued 34 CDF loan defaulters in the Chipata Subordinate Court to recover K1,463,776.35 in unpaid arrears. In a statement issued yesterday, Lumezi Town Council Assistant Public Relations Officer Irvin Muyumbwa said in the last 22 days, 18 CDF empowerment loan beneficiaries have paid a total of K420,822.07 to offset their arrears. “Lumezi Town Council has made recoveries of more than K420,000 from Constituency Development Fund (CDF) empowerment loan defaulters after they were sued in the Chipata Subordinate Court in August this year for failure to repay the public funds. The Local Authority last...