The Namwala District Council has called on the 13 communities in the district that have not yet paid upfront contribution towards the drilling of boreholes to do so as soon as possible.
Council Secretary, Davy Musenge, said during a full council meeting yesterday that only about 42 communities in the entire district have so far paid K1.5 million as upfront contribution towards borehole drilling.
The government, in partnership with the Danish Government, are this year expected to drill 55 boreholes in Namwala district under the rural water supply and sanitation programme.
Mr Musenge warned that communities that would fail to contribute upfront resources would be sidelined. Communities in wards, such as Namakube, Katengwa, and Maala Moobola among others, have not yet paid.
And Mr Musenge said the eight community schools being constructed under the K260 million Constituency Development Fund [CDF] released last year have reached roof level.
But Chitongo ward councillor, John Nambala, proposed that projects under CDF should have a time-frame for communities to benefit from such projects.
He cited the construction of the eight community schools which has dragged on despite government releasing the CDF funds a long time ago.
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Times are hard and cash is hard to come by, give them a little more time.
Chale Umwana ubusuma
Ulafumya boyi, naine ndefwaya uku kwata ko bampundu, nokwisa posa po ka chola mwe !
Shani ba Muzo, natotela mudala.
Ala mukapose po tu mpundu naimwe, entungulushi shyesu ishi shine.
Awe ndebembela po ba Chale
#1 Nine Chale, It is good that they have been notified of the impending sidelining & am sure it will make them be focused at honoring their commitiment. One thing I like about Southerners is that they are hard workers & am sure those communities would not like to be the ones no to enjoy the benefits of clean water. But looking at it from another side, instead of leaving them out completely, the district offices could instead deduct from whatever will be due to the communities concerned in next year’s budget even if it means the completion of project will be delayed.