Local Government and Housing minister, Sylvia Masebo has described operations in her ministry as successful during the year 2007 despite facing a lot of challenges.
Mrs. Masebo said as at today, all the 72 councils in the country have satisfactorily done their beats.
She has since paid tribute to government for having released the K162 billion which was allocated to the councils around the country this year.
Mrs. Masebo said because of the release of these funds, only four out of 72 councils in the country have not yet finished paying off their retrenched workers.
She explained that 54 district councils have already paid off their retired personnel while the 14 municipal council and four city councils were yet to pay retirees.
The minister said in additional to the allocated funds, districts council were given K200 million, municipal councils got K300 million while city council got K400 million as general grants.
The ministry also given K1 billion to each province for improved service delivery in water supply and sanitation by water utility companies in the country.
Mrs. Masebo said her ministry would next year focus mainly on improving service delivery to the public.
