MPONGWE CDF Committee Chairperson Nebert Mukwalala says the awarding of a K100,000 CDF loan to the area member of parliament’s wife was on merit because she qualified. Residents in Mpongwe have challenged their area member of parliament Gregory Ngowani to return the K100, 000 which his wife obtained as a loan from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), citing conflict of interest. Emmanuel Kasambo, a resident of Mpongwe took Ngowani to task, demanding that his family return the money obtained from CDF. But in an interview, Mukwalala said Ngowani’s wife was not on the government payroll and applied for the loan in her individual capacity. “The wife to the MP is just an individual who is not on government payroll, therefore...