THE Committee on Local Government Accounts has reprimanded Shiwang’andu Town Council for holding on to K3,055,814, Constituency Development Funds (CDF) which should have been used as bursary for secondary school pupils in 2022. Appearing before the committee, Monday, Shiwang’andu council officials revealed that only 43 pupils were sponsored using the Bursary Secondary Schools Development Funds. Shiwang’andu Town Council Secretary Isaac Mwale told the committee that his council had a balance of K3,055,814 from the 2022 funds. “On the Bursary Secondary Schools Development unspent funds amounting to K4,784,583, on the action taken, the council together with the local impact governance project embarked on the sensitisation programme to inform the communities, which is the ward development committees, traditional leaders and councilors to...

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