Munali Member of Parliament Mumbi Phiri has described the year 2009 as a challenging year for her constituency’s development.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS, yesterday, Mrs. Phiri attributed this to the delayed release of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which she said contributed to the slow development of her constituency.
Mrs. Phiri said the delayed released of the CDF by government was a matter of concern which was highly debated on during the meeting for Committee ward members on Thursday 31 December 2009.
She said that the meeting also identified wards and roads that were not developed as at December 31ST, 2009 ,but were yet to be developed further.
These are the Chainda ward, the rehabilitation of the Kaunda Square stage one and Chamba valley road in Kaunda Square ward, and improving road net works in Mutendere Constituency.
She explained that with the coming on board of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA )on the committee, various development projects will in 2010 take place in four wards which include Lima, Chelston and Chakukula.
She said SIDA has released K 150 million for Chakukula ward to sink a borehole and a further K 650 million was given for developmental projects in the areas that have been identified.
Mrs. Phiri said Chainda is in urgent need for a maternity ward as pregnant women are experiencing a hard time as they have to go to far away clinics in order to give birth in a maternity ward.
She said a total of 790 million Kwacha is needed for the maternity ward project in Chainda to start and has reached a tender level.
She added that people in Chainda area will be very happy on the completion of the maternity ward as it has been long over due.
ZANIS
It is true Madam MP. A lot of thing s took place, I reckon this year with have a lot more things happening especially that Elections are a year to come, but please lets guard our peace we have enjoyed since 1964 jealously. We only have one Zambia and wouldnt love to be called ‘imbutushi’ refugees.
No MP has retained the Munali seat for the past 30 years – it will be interesting to see if Mumbi can beat that record.
ba MP bafwele icikwasa!
Isn’t she one of the MPs who was fighting at Parliament?