Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders onHIV/AIDS in Zambia (AMICALL) has expressed displeasure at the manner government is allocating funds for the fight against HIV/AIDS in districts.
AMICALL national coordinator Kenneth Mwansa said there is need for government to
find other aways of channelling HIV/AIDS funds to districts instead of using line
ministries.
Mr. Mwansa said it was important for government to deploy controlling officers in
all the 72 districts countrywide to monitor HIV/AIDS funds and ensure that there was
accountability in the process.
He was speaking at the just ended 51st Annual General Assembly on mainstreaming
HIV/AIDS in Local Government at Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone.
Mr. Mwansa said there was gross mismanagement of money meant for HIV/AIDS activities
in some ministries which needed urgent redress.
He added that under the current system of channelling money for HIV/AIDS fight in
ministries, most of the ordinary people did not benefit because the money did not
reach them. ÂÂ
Mr. Mwansa said it was unfortunate that after 42 years of independence Zambia was
still struggling with matters like how it could mainstream HIV/AIDS policies in
local Government.
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