KATOMBOLA UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says CDF guidelines should be quickly streamlined because the bureaucratic process will compromise President Hakainde Hichilema’s goodwill of improving people’s livelihoods. In an interview, Andeleki noted that while the CDF was decentralised, the power to sign for CDF projects remained centralised, a situation which meant that money was being kept in Lusaka indirectly. “The CDF Act and the CDF guidelines are feared to be bureaucratic. We know that government works through bureaucracy but we could do better with decentralision. The whole idea of even CDF or taking money to the doorstep of our people is to ensure that the people are able to spend money within time. The Minister of Finance said they...

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