KAMFINSA PF MP Christopher Kang’ombe says the CDF increase to K36.1 million per constituency in the 2025 national budget is artificial because it comes with instructions on how the money will be utilised. Kang’ombe has also questioned why rural and urban constituencies receive the same amount of CDF, arguing that rural areas should be allocated more money to bridge the development gap. He has proposed that an extra K4 million should be allocated to rural constituencies. On Friday, during the national budget presentation, Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane announced that government would increase the 2025 CDF allocation to K36.1 million per constituency from K30.8 million in 2024. “…I propose to increase the allocation for CDF to K5.6 billion...