MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile has wondered why President Hakainde Hichilema boasts about the Constituency Development Fund when it is only three percent of the national budget and government still dictates how to use it. And Mundubile says members of parliament have not yet received CDF for the first quarter of 2023. Speaking when he launched the National Decentralisation Policy and commissioned the Zambia Devolution Support Programme (ZDSP) in Chongwe, Tuesday, President Hichilema said previously, it was difficult to account for resources because “big thieves” in Lusaka always dipped their hands for a ka something. But commenting on this in an interview, Mundubile said government was actually deciding how CDF should be utilised, instead of leaving that to...

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