GOVERNMENT has officially commissioned the Uningi Health Post in Mbala District, ending more than a decade of delays after the project stalled in 2015 due to lack of funding. According to a statement issued by Northern Province Principal Public Relations Officer Sandra Siasiya, the health facility was completed through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) at a total cost of K1,748,620.22 and upgraded with a waterborne ablution block, water reticulation system with a kiosk, solar lighting, medical equipment, and an incinerator. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony last Tuesday, Acting Permanent Secretary for Northern Province, Beauty Undi-Phiri, said the project demonstrates government’s commitment to improving access to healthcare and delivering development directly to communities through the expanded CDF programme. The health post...

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