FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has proposed supplementary budget estimates worth K26.3 billion. Dr Musokotwane says the K26.3 billion supplementary budget will be financed through cooperating partners and some expenditure realignments within the 2026 Budget. Speaking when he presented the supplementary budget estimates in the National Assembly, Thursday, Dr Musokotwane said the supplementary budget was necessitated by policy changes such as a public service wage increment and the war in the Middle East, which resulted in revenue loss. “Madam Speaker, since this august House approved the 2026 National Budget in December 2025, several developments have arisen which have significant fiscal implications. Some of these include policy changes regarding the purchase of increased grain quantities during the 2025...