Moomba constituency member of parliament Vitallis Mooya has urged all youth organisation’s who have benefited from the Constituency Youth Development Fund ( CYDF )to pay back by end of July this year.
Mr Mooya said in an interview with ZANIS in Monze, Wednesday, that about 13 youth organisations and clubs out of 14 in his constituency failed to come up with fruitful results because they had abused the funds.
Mr.Mooya said that this was discovered after he conducted a tour of projects approved for funding under the CYDF, a few months ago.
He said that youth groups that would fail to pay back would face the law, as government would not welcome any abuse of public funds.
The MP urged government through local authorities to institute other measures of monitoring and evaluation of the CYDF in his area because most youth groups in his constituency were dishonest when accessing the funds.
He cited one group at Kahumuzya that borrowed goats from individual villagers and pretended to have been running a goat rearing project.
Mr. Mooya said that a similar situation might be experienced in other constituencies in other places hence need for thorough investigations.
He added that government must come up with stringent measures to ensure CYDF is implemented according to guidelines and no misuse of funds is experienced.
Mr.Mooya said that committees for some of the youth groups were misusing the funds at the expense of the vulnerable in communities that were suppose to benefit from the program.
He said government would find it hard to successfully empower it’ citizens with programs that would sustain their livelihoods if community members continue behaving in the same manner as funds involved in the CYDF were public funds that needed proper countability and transparency.
ZANIS/PB/ENDS/MM
Mr Mooya, whom are you refering to when you say government ? CYDF and all its project implementation is the responsibility of every Member of Parliament in their respective constituencies. Dont report failure Mr MP. Strigent measeures should have been in place before authorisation of the funds.
Do your work and stop crying……….
yaba UNZA baisala again , bushe lungwangwa chinama nshi
Yaba ine mumala mwa kalipa. Nala bwesha shani impiya sha CYDF?
BANAVINILA NDALAMA
stealing the funds lol!!!!!! iwe NIGGA they learn from yall lmao
I am appalled by this news.
These are the same Zambians that are crying about empowerment on a daily basis yet when they are offered non interest loans, they misuse the funds.
Sad indeed.
Where is the outrage.
Why am i the only one who is angry with this news.
Vice President Rupiah Banda is the next president of Zambia..yes
OK chiluba Anaba Ndalama Naine sinibweza Ndaba Nizamimilowa bonse when i consult Katele Kalumba…ati Mupinda maningi!
uvKOKR