We like Constituency De v elopment Fund (CDF). We really like it. And we like our members of Parliament. We really like them. Especially, the DPP MPs spent time and convinced us that if we voted for the DPP, CDF would be upped to K5 billion per annum per constituency. And they won.
Imagine a district like Nkhata Bay (population 3 0 0 0 0 0 ) w i t h s i x constituencies. It will get K30 billion per year. Likoma ( population 1 0 0 0 0 ) wi t h o n e constituency will get 5 billion. Lilongwe city? Calculate.
This is money that if well planned will go to develop the constituencies. And it should be managed by Members of Parliament because the sold it to us and won APM the Presidency.
The local Government minister should not dictate what the money should be used for. He suggested that 14 percent of 30 billion (4.2 billion) should be used for maintenance of buildings. What? We, the “constituents” and our MP, will budget, plan systematically how our money will be used in our constituency, and tracked to ensure that every Tambala is put to good use.
We urge APM, the President of Malawi, not to listen to enemies of democracy. If he does, and he does not sign the bill into law, we will march naked because it will be going against what he and the DPP campaigned for.
We will ask Beau Kalinda and Silver Namiwawa, the giants of st reet demonstrations, to join us.
The people that want the Member of Parliament (the head of a constituency) and his or her two ward councillors be kept out, in the cold, in favour of village development c o mmi t t e e s , a r e a development committees have a sinister motive.
The people that want the Member of Parliament (the head of a constituency) and his or her two ward councillors be kept out, in the cold, in favour of village development c o mmi t t e e s , a r e a development committees have a sinister motive.
Why a r e e l e c t e d representatives being kicked out of the largesse? Why should we trust a district commissioner and her/his civil servants, who, if they swindle us of the K5 billion, will be transferred to swindle yet another district?
We smell trouble and lack of accountability in the whole fight against MPs in CDF. We argue that the best placed in the CDF implementation structure are politicians because if they do not use it carefully, they will lose the next election? The MP and Councillors promised us development and CDF is their source of money to realise that development.
The role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the Mass Media is providing social accountability and mass education for active citizenship on CDF. They should design, demand, and follow up on the developments and services they want from their MPs and Councillors.
CSOs and mass media conscientise the people about their rights and what they should expect in the CDF? CSOs and mass media have been sleeping on their mandate.
To leave K5 billion in the hands the DC, no matter how honest he or she is, with only VDC and ADC as the other players is a temptations too high for this economy. If the MPs and Councillors are sued out of CDF, we will sue the CSOs and Mass Media for neglecting their mandates and choosing to fight political battles. CDF belongs to MPs and councillors to manage.
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