DEPUTY Secretary to Cabinet in charge of administration Dr Oliver Kalabo has lamented that some government and council officials, with knowledge about the procurement system, are taking advantage by creating companies to benefit from the CDF. Speaking during the Zambia Anti-Corruption Commission Conference, Thursday, Dr Kalabo said the CDF was meant to push resources to rural areas, but some local people didn’t know how to manipulate technologies put across. “Government has upped its game by pushing more resources to rural areas. The procurement of goods and services under CDF should be localised but we have a challenge. The people in rural areas may not have the know-how to manipulate the technologies we are putting across. We also have a challenge...

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