The Ministry
Of Finance Budget Office Has Disbursed 1.5 Trillion Kwacha For Infrastructure
Development, Poverty Reduction, Debt Service, Personal Emoluments And General
Operations Of Ministries Provinces And Spending Agencies [Mpsa’s].
Among The Recipients Of The Funding Is The Ministry Of
Lands Natural Resources And Environmental Protection Which Was Given 12 Billion
Kwacha For A Large Scale Programme On Afforestation That Will Involve
Purchasing Of Tree Seedlings For Replanting In Environmentally Degraded Regions
Of Zambia.
The Ministry
Of Lands Also Received 5 Billion Kwacha For Upgrading The Lands Management
Information System And Once Completed, It Is Expected That The Lands Management
Information System Will Ensure That The Government Maintains Accurate Records
On Land Matters To Ease The Burden Of Countrywide Land Administration.
Out Of The 1.5
Trillion Kwacha Released In September Funding, Ministry Of Transport Works Supply And Communications Received 65.2
Billion Kwacha Of Which Aerodrome Infrastructure Development At The Harry
Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport In Livingstone Was Allocated 16 Billion
Kwacha To Facilitate The Speeding Up Of Rehabilitation And Expansion Works In
Readiness For The 2013 Un World Tourism Conference.
The Same Ministry Also Received 20 Billion Kwacha Towards
Purchase Of Fire Tenders To Boost Safety Facilities At Aerodrome Facilities In
Zambia.
296 Billion Kwacha
Was Given To The Loans And Investments Portfolio Under The Ministry Of Finance
Of Which 4.5 Billion Kwacha Went Towards Recapitalization Of Zambia Railways.
Through The Public Service Management Division At Cabinet
Office, The Public Service Pensions Fund Received 20.1 Billion Kwacha Towards
Pension Dues.
The Ministry
Of Finance Budget Office Also Released 75 Billion Kwacha As Constitutional And
Statutory Expenditure For External Multilateral Debt Service, An Important
Measure In Maintaining Zambia’s Credit
Worthiness Which Has Been Widely Acclaimed As Evidenced By Over-Subscription Of
The Inaugural International Bond.
Ministry Of
Agriculture And Cooperatives Received 6.8 Billion Kwacha Of Which 4.2 Billion
Kwacha Was Allocated To The Food Security Programme And 2.3 Billion Kwacha To
Bilateral, Multilateral And Regional Agriculture Development Programmes.
The Ministry
Of Education Received K24.5 Billion Of Which The Research And University
Education Programme Got K17.7 Billion,
Examinations Council Of Zambia K1.2 Billion, Tevet Sub Sector K1.8 Billion, And The Science And
Technology Sub Sector K2.2 Billion.
The Ministry Of Health Received K13.6 Billion Of Which
The Purchase Of Medical Supplies Was Allocated K5.4 Billion.
The National Assembly Got K31 Billion Of Which Legislative
Activities Were Allocated K4.1 Billion And Parliamentary Oversight K1.1
Billion.
Ministry Of
Justice Got K24 Billion Of Which Compensation And Awards Was Allocated K15
Billion And The Programme On Dismantling Of Other Arrears Got K9 Billion, While
The Anti-Corruption Commission Received
K2 Billion For Purchase Of Plant And Equipment Necessary For Operational
Improvements In The Fight Against Corruption.
The Ministry Of Finance Has Appealed To Members Of
The Public To Take-Up The Civic Duty Of Monitoring Programmes Financed
And Implemented By Government In Order To Ensure That Public Resources Are
Utilized For Intended Purposes.
The Ministry Says In
This Way, Stakeholders Will Be Able To Monitor Governments’ Performance In
Delivering Improved Services, Employment Creation And Poverty Reduction In
Zambia
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