Kitwe gets growth funds

A total of K2.5 million has been released as Ward Development Fund (WDF) in Kitwe for the period April to December, this year.

THE Kitwe City Council Public Relations Officer, Fridah Leyamina, said the money was meant for projects in all the wards in the city.

Ms Leyamina said community works to be undertaken would include grading of roads, among other projects selected by residents under the Ward Development Committees (WDCs).

“I must confirm that that the Kitwe City Council has released K2,520,000.00 ward development fund for all the wards for the period April to December,2020.

“The works to be done are those already selected by residents during community meetings organised by the Ward Development Committees,’’ Ms Leyamina said

And Riverside ward councillor, who is also Kitwe Deputy Mayor, Chando Mbao, said the release of the funds would help the wards carry out some small projects. Mr Mbao said, for the wards which had already carried the projects, the funds would be used to pay members of the community who had worked on the projects. “I can say the release of the WDF is a job well done to our management at the council. We have all submitted our projects and some of them have been done.

“The people who worked in these projects are members of the community therefore for those projects which have been done, we will use the same money to pay them, while those which are yet to start, we will use the funds to execute the projects,’ Mr Mbao said.