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Luapula Province Permanent Secretary, Prudence Kangwa, has warned local authorities that fail to properly utilize the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) that the government will closely monitor and take action against erring councils.
Kangwa emphasized that the increased CDF allocation was meant to deliver tangible development and transform lives at the community level.
She issued the warning on Friday during a tour and commissioning of CDF-funded projects across Mwense District.
In a statement issued in Lusaka on Sunday, she noted that CDF currently stood at K36.1 million per constituency per year and would increase to K40 million per constituency per year in 2026, translating to about K600 million for Luapula Province’s 15 constituencies.
Kangwa expressed satisfaction with the quality, standard, and equitable distribution of completed projects in Mwense and Mambilima. She cited health facilities, staff houses, modern ablution blocks, market shelters, and water infrastructure constructed deep in rural communities.
“The developments demonstrate President Hakainde Hichilema’s vision of taking development to all parts of the country, noting that areas such as Sepe, which were previously underserved, now have fully-fledged health facilities complete with staff accommodation, running water and water-borne sanitation,” Kangwa said.
She warned that the government would closely follow up on councils that had failed to implement CDF programmes effectively.
“When funds are released for development, they must change the lives of the people. For those local authorities that are not doing well and have not utilised CDF properly, we will be following them. We will be on them,” Kangwa said.
She further called on communities to guard CDF infrastructure jealously.
Mwense District Commissioner, Happistone Mwape, commended the government for extending development to remote areas, saying communities far from main roads were now accessing quality services they had long yearned for.
Meanwhile, Mwense Town Council Chairperson, Stephen Chikota, said the visible transformation taking place in Mwense was clear evidence of the impact of decentralized development, noting that youths and women had directly benefited from empowerment grants, loans, and public sector recruitment.
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