SOME members of parliament have lamented over the absence of top council officials such council secretaries, their deputies and directors of works at their stations. Speaking during the ActionAid’s organised CDF dialogue meeting, Friday, Lukulu East UPND member of parliament Dr Christopher Kalila said he intends to conduct a study to establish how many days top council officials spend at their stations. “We have noticed something PS [Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services] as members of parliament, your council officers are never around. All the times they are in meetings. The last two weeks they were in Livingstone and from Livingstone we don’t know where they will go. I am about to do a small study out...

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