A certified paralegal practitioner, Emmanuel Hazemba has urged Zambians to clearly understand the distinctive roles that Members of Parliament (MPs), District Commissioners (DCs), Civic leaders and other public office bearers play in the broader governance system.
Mr Hazemba explained that these mentioned public office bearers play different but complementary roles in ensuring that development is delivered in their respective areas.
He has since expressed great concern with the seemingly lack of genuine desire by some members of the public to understand the distinctive roles and the jurisdiction of public office bearers and the now established Sub-District in the development of their respective areas.
ZANIS reports that Mr Hazemba observed that despite the remarkable strides made in the implementation of the Decentralisation Policy by the government, some communities seem not to understand the ‘Bottom –UP’ approach in the development processes of their areas.
The certified paralegal practitioner has since implored local authorities across the country to effectively use their Public Relations Units at their disposal in the dissemination of information on the existence of the Sub-District structures.
He cited the formation of the Ward Development Committees (WDCs), Community Welfare Assistance Committees (CWACs) and the recently reconstituted Zonal and Satellite Disaster Management Committees (SDMCs) as crucial in actualising the Decentralisation Policy.
Mr Hazemba pointed out that sub-district structures are key in spearheading development, enumeration of vulnerable households on various social protection programmes and addressing minor disasters in their localities.
He has since implored members of the public to take keen interest in the prudent utilization of the expanded Constituency Development Fund (CDF) especially the disbursement criteria of loans and grants to cooperatives.
Who told him people don’t understand these things? It’s the party in government that doesn’t understand or have ignored the purpose of these functionaries.
Why should a party cadre be put in charge of the district civil service? The civil service is supposed to be administered by the DAO who is a professional. I’m disappointed that my friend is talking just for the sake of talking.
DCs are political appointees by The President and hence carry the voice of the President at District level. MPs represents the people in their respective constituencies with respect to our National Assembly and carry the voice of the people and our NA. So this is just wonderful.
This guy is a dull graduate that university of Zambia has produced and he thinks Zambians are very dull like him and he is the only person who is learnt.Zambians learn civics at primary schools and learn the governance of the nation just in grade 7.
Who are District Commissioners? Who voted them into office? How can you have party appointees in the civil service?
“the now established Sub-District” Does the nation need to establish more unwanted structures? Do we need such unproductive drainers of our coffers? We all know it is just a way of employing party cadres and relatives into government. The problem with Zambians is that they think government is a treasure trove. Noone from the President down to the man under the bridge wants to work to change the country. They all just want to make money from Zambia. Yet we havent made any money.
What is “A certified paralegal practitioner”?