Vice President W.K.Mutale Nalumango says Government will not dish out money to political party cadres but instead encourage skills development among youths.
Mrs Nalumango says the UPND government will not follow the path of stealing to appease a clique of people but encourage work for the good of all.
Speaking to UPND cadres after she inspected the drainages under construction in Kanyama constituency in Lusaka this afternoon, Mrs Nalumango said the youths should invest in skills development and take advantage of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which will be increased and decentralized in the 2022 budget.
“You should acquire skills so that you can take advantage of the projects that will come under CDF. As you are aware, the new dawn administration is focusing on job creation, with the necessary support, you can become employers,” She said.
And Mrs Nalumango cautioned the cadres to avoid demanding for public service workers to be fired to create jobs for them but that they should look for proper avenues to get jobs.
“You should not demand that they should be chased but develop yourselves. Though I must state, that some of them will go,” She noted.
The Vice President observed that a number of people who have been caught up in the web of corruption and stealing of public resources are accusing the government of staging a witch hunt based on tribe.
“They should not accuse the government of being tribal in the fight against abuse of public resources just because they have been caught wanting,” She stated.
Meanwhile, Water Development and Sanitation Minister, Mike Mposha has sounded a warning to custodians of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) against inflating figures during any procurement process.
Speaking during the handover of a rehabilitated one by three classroom block at Kalingalinga Primary school, Mr Mposha who is also Munali Member of Parliament says he will not condone such vices.
The Minister said he noted a trend where procurement figures were previously being inflated.
He said the cost of a number of projects does not tally with real figures.
“When we advertise a tender, we expect those who are tendering not to connive with our officials and begin to inflate the cost of the project but to tender at a right price and deliver at the right price,” he said.
And the Minister reiterated the New Dawn’s administration’s resolve to improve the learning conditions in schools.
Mr Mposha encouraged the school to guard the facility jealousy.
And Kalingalinga Primary School Head teacher Habuya Mwambela expressed excitement for the gesture.
Mrs Mwambela also called on government to consider building a hall for the institution.
Yeah, skills are the way forward – no quick fixes of cash in the pocket!
#plant a tree now!
They think we are naive. Why you think hh increased CDF funds? It is so that they use cdf to reach local cadres in constituencies. We are not slow. Hh thinks is clever. I am more street smart than him
Fellow Zambians this is a good lesson on how not to be too excited and drunk with power, especially if you are a home affairs ministers. Ensuring there is law and order, in the case below Steven Kampyongo is abusive, making false accusations…
Watch “PF MP Steven Kampyongo never thought Hakainde Hichilema would be president” on YouTube
UPND is the champion of talking but very poor achievers,
Zambians are fed up with mare talk and false promises, promises that doesn’t translate into anything.
Zambia now is at the crossroads people don’t know what what will happen next.
During those campaigns people were made sure of instant life changes, and that is the change they were crying for, now it is back to frustrations and fear for the future.
The looming job losses in the mines, the price hike on fuel and other essentials including mealiemeal and many more hardships that comes with IMF.
We have always The PF wage bill to apese their cader thugs ran into millions every month at the expense of service delivery growing the economy……..
This was the devil that eventually helped consume PF and lungu…………
UPND are on the right trajectory for economic growth of zambia……..
@Kaizar Zulu will soon flee the country if not already. All these positings are meant for him to show the court in the country of asylum that he was fleeing persecution and imprison for defaming the president. If he is in the country, its better to corner him now. All the crimes he committed cannot and should not be ignored. State machinery must access all his bank accounts here and abroad. He was an arm’s close to Edgar there is no way he was never an accomplice.
Talking too much, we just need action.Anyway you told to watch your lips, meaning whatever you pronunce publicly is the opposite of what is prevailing at the ground.Than you very much!!!!!!!!!
I think that the action will follow and patience and that we wait for the action to follow hereafter. There is much to correct and it cannot be done overnight. It is important to keep talking about the anticipated changes to keep the emotions going. For the moment we need to be reminded.
It is premature to expect change so quickly.
Newakwa Joan.
Mwepu if hh ate faeces you too would follow suit. I don’t take tribal loyalists like you seriously. Fuseke! I am not scared of any man on this earth. Tell them to come after me if they are man enough
@KAIZER, I honestly has lost of respect for you. But have realized you are not a serious and Good man. Why are you so bitter? I fail to understand. Do you think what you guys were Doing? LUSAMBO Dashing out cash is normal? You Encouraged Lawlessness, people hacking each other, family members dividing. LEARN TO LET GO AND APOLOGIZE TO ZAMBIANS. Infact we need GOD’s intervention to let some of the EVIL PF MEMBERS LIKE LUSAMBO, KAIZER, KAMBWILI be punished to know their wrong evil deeds. What you did to Zambians is not god. Seek God deliverance, otherwise time will come when you realize your mistakes. This is not Funny enough with your bad language.