FINANCE and National Planning Deputy Minister Chileshe Kapwepwe has told Parliament that the Government provided K200 billion from domestic revenue to the Ministry of Health to cushion the withdrawal of funding by the donors to the ministry.
And Defence Minister Kalombo Mwansa told the House that the Government would promote a stable and predictable tax regime that would promote growth not only in the mining sector but others as well.
Contributing to the debate on the report of the committee on estimates on Wednesday evening, Ms Kapwepwe told the House that the Government provided the money to mitigate the impact of the donor funding withdrawal.
Donors recently withdrew some funding to the Ministry of Health following revelations of misapplication and misappropriation of funds.
She welcomed the committee’s recommendation for the Government to increase funding to the Ministry of Health.
Earlier debating the motion, Roan Member of Parliament (MP) Chishimba Kambwili (PF) urged the Government to re-introduce the windfall tax.
Sinazongwe MP Raphael Muyanda (UPND) urged the Government to re-introduce the windfall tax, as this would help the Government collect more revenue that could be used for infrastructure development.
But Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale said the Government had to withdraw the windfall tax to make the mining companies more competitive because Zambia was operating in a global market.
[Times of Zambia]
There was a Budget for the current fiscal year not too long ago.We are now in mid July and parliament is discussing ESTIMATES! Estimates for which/what period or activities? The K200 billion mentioned here was clearly not budgeted for the Ministry of Health. The question in my mind and to you learned people is what service(s), or ministry or budgeted activity is going to suffer because of this movement of funds mid-way through the year?
Rupiah told the donors they were not needed.
Maybe next time he will think of the budget(and starving people who don’t get to eat steak and roasted quail) before he opens his big fat trap.
Triple Chin King Rupiah has FORCED ZAMBIA to use taxpayer money to fix an issue he could not resolve since 2008.
The Auditor General releases reports that King Rupiah shuns as political garbage and never makes any move against his own patsies he has planted in ministries.
For the king will not live without funds for campaigning then continual thefts from ministries will go on until the foul stench of corrupt leaders has been removed from the game.
Let the king now say sorry to all the people who are effected from NO FUNDS available to even clear drains or build real roads.
That Zambia has…
That Zambia has been fooled by its leaders for too long.
How far will 200B Kwacha go on a measles campaign?
Rupiah stop flying around the world and deal with YOUR OWN PEOPLE DYING!
We are tired of hearing the donations and pumping of money , but the issue is actions we want people are dying like BALUNSHI with seriuos problems and then you when you have a stomach pain you fly to India. thats we want sata naimwebene lets just vote for him this man has wisdom.