PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says with the creation of new constituencies, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) will increase to K9 billion in 2027 from the current K6.24 billion. And President Hichilema has urged engineers to move away from a payroll mentality and instead form joint ventures with other professionals that are capable of delivering large-scale government contracts. Meanwhile, Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) president Eng Wesley Kaluba has appealed to government to create an Engineer General’s office. Speaking at the EIZ 69th Annual General Meeting and Symposium, Saturday, President Hichilema said engineers should engage in discussions on how to access CDF and deliver projects on time. “CDF is another opportunity you are not paying attention to, you engineers. Again, we are...
