Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe says that the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund for Marketeers will be rolled out to all ten provinces by January 2017.
Mr Kabwe who is also Patron of the Presidential Empowerment fund announced that the initiative is being carried out in phases across the ten provinces.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka that the initiative is targeted at benefiting 16,000 beneficiaries across the country, with 9,000 marketers having benefited from the fund so far.
And Mr. Kabwe has encouraged marketers who have not yet benefited from the programme to take advantage of this great opportunity by accessing the empowerment fund.
Meanwhile, Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association (ZANAMACA) President Mupila Kameya has expressed gratitude to the Presidential fund for assisting marketers in the country.
Mr. Kameya revealed that the fund has improved people’s lives as it is a revolving fund meant to benefit all marketers in the country.
He appealed to government to consider including the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund for Marketeers in the 2017 National budget so that more beneficiaries can benefit from the fund.
The target is too small,9000 so far,thats more than 50% of 16000 and now you are telling us the 10 provinces are not done,tell us how many provinces you ve done for the 9000 imwe ba sakala.
These funds are not audited…its like a drug dealer handing out free cash. These people have shame whatsoever…nobody even knows what is set aside to this fund.
Day light robbery by the pf government…
The target is PF marketeers. Anyway tomorrow is LUNGU’s last working day, so this project is a non-starter. Mark my words
No vision equates to lame ideas and silly handouts….thats LAZY BUM Edgar!!
KIKIKIKIKIKI, have you forgetted about privatisation
A thief going ahead making budget from stolen money, and yet he knows that the owner is with the police looking for him!
Sounds like late Chiluba’s Slush Fund
THIS SHORT KABWE HAS SAME MIND WITH LATE——! PLEASE ECL FIRE THIS SHORT MAN HE HAS MADE TOO MUCH MONEY OUT OF THIS SCHEME. IN SHORT HE HAS STOLEN, ARREST THE CHAP.
vodka jameson chakolwa rungu cannot fire his friend because he also stole this money from the poor Zambian people whom he is giving out as loans!
The more reason IMF is coming: useless unplanned expenditures.