STATE SUSPENDS KALUMBILA COUNCIL

GOVERNMENT has pended Kalumbila Council for 90 days.

Local Government Minister Charles Banda effected the suspension by evoking provisions of Section 56 (B) of the Local Government Act No 2 of 2019.

The suspension follows the invitation of the UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango by councillors to inspect Government projects.

Dr Banda said he had received reports that the councillors at the local authority invited the high ranking official who inspected Government projects.

The minister said this was ion a pretext that it was the councillors efforts that such developmental projects were taking place snd not Government.

He stated that the law requires that Government services and projects to the Zambian people were implemented and monitored susTown in sub structures with the blessings of the local authorities and Government which he said was not thr case in the matter.

He said it was the sole mandate of the local authorities to administer the district and oversee programs and projects in the district as provided for in Article 152 (A) (B) of the Zambian constitution.

He maintained that the action taken by the councilors to invite their political leaders for inspection of government projects tends to politicise the process of service delivery and needs to be censured.

Kalumbila Town Council is a UPND dominated council with all councilors including the council chairperson being UPND.

But efforts to get a comment from Kalumbila Council chairperson Olix Kakwata proved futile by press time as his mobile lines were off.