Government has approved K 2.5 billion for Mazabuka Municipal Council for Integrated Municipal Service Delivery.
This follows a successful project proposal submitted to Cabinet under the Public Service Management service delivery fund.
Mazabuka Town Clerk, Ekan Chingangu confirmed the development to ZANIS in Mazabuka today.
He said the local authority will handle the tender procedures and select contractors while the disbursement of funds will be done by the Ministry of Finance.
Mr Chingangu said the funds will be used among other things to construct a modern solid waste management, a weigh bridge and the processing of the issuance of title deeds for 1,000 housing units in Nakambala and Mulonga townships.
He said equipment for the construction of a weigh bridge purchased from India has since arrived in the district.
Mr. Chingangu said a Lusaka-based contractor has since been engaged to undertake the project which scheduled to be completed within two months.
A project monitoring vehicle and Industrial back hoe loader have already been procured and received while purchase orders for the mobile office equipment have been submitted for payment to the ministry of finance.
The German Technical Cooperation to Zambia under the Support to Decentralization Implementation has been instrumental in capacity building at Mazabuka Municipal Council, (GTZ-SDI).
GTZ-SDI has also been conducting capacity building at Sinazongwe and Kalomo district councils in Southern Province.
He further said the funds will help the council in conducting mobile information system especially for rural communities who do not have access to information and are not aware of processes and issues involved in accessing services.
Mr. Chingangu added that the council data base on revenue, accounts, plot allocation that are not integrated into one system that links up all records pertaining to revenue payments and accounts would now be networked.
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I thought mazabuka was for UPND
Just decentralize this monster called Government and all municipal councils in Zambia will profit from that!!
#1 belinda, I think now is the time for our nation to rid of partisan agendas. A govt should be there to serve everyone regardless of their political inclination, religion or otherwise. So, this is as it should be. So let us just congratulate our brothers and sisters for scooping that funding because while others are just busy insulting each other, the Mazabukans focused on developing their town. Congrats Mazabuka people.
Thank you
#1 So what, is Mazabuka not in Zambia? are the Mazabuka people not tax payers?
Point is this. Congrats RB for pushing a development agenda and not trading insults like you know who.
Congrats
This is an example of a working council (UPND). Check the ones on c/belt (PF), they’re busy insulting, querreling & making public monies disappear. Lusaka is the same.