Corruption flooded Zambia worries Chifumu Banda
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By Ashton Kelly Bunda
FORUM for Democracy Development (FDD) Vice-President Chifumu Banda has lodged a complaint that stories on corruption have taken center stage in Zambia as opposed to economic growth.
State Counsel Banda says the pivotal institution Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should be managed by honest and qualified people who will ensure that sanity is brought back in Government and other parastatal institutions.
The FDD Vice President, a lawyer by profession impressed it on the media during the 2018-2027 FDD Card Renewing ceremony at the secretariat in Jesmondine in Lusaka’s Munali Constituency, that the Government should limits developmental projects awarded to foreign and local stakeholders.
FORUM for Democracy and Development Vice-President Chifumu Banda with Vice Chairperson Chisupa Chipwende in Lusaka Saturday 29 Sept 2018 pix by Derrick Sinjela
State Counsel Banda said his party which is led by female president Edith Nawakwi coined a motto: ‘Zambia First’ wants to put the local people as priority by empowering them economically to cut down the cycle of poverty.
FORUM for Democracy and Development Vice Chairperson Chisupa Chipwende Card Renewal Sat 29 Sept 2018 Derrick Sinjela
State Counsel Banda explained that the renewing of party cards has a multifaceted purpose of keeping record of
Forum for Democracy and Development Edith Nawakwi and Chifumu Banda reconcile Sat 28 October 2017 pix by Derrick Sinjela
quality members as well as raising funds for the party to remain vibrant and provide checks o
State Counsel Banda said the FDD led by Nawakwi, Zambia’s former First Female Minister of Finance wants to see crop of level-headed leaders in Zambia contribute to the growth of progressive parties in future that are not ‘rabid critics’ always keen on raising unwarranted criticism.
Finance Minister Margaret Dudu Mwanakatwe is the second Zambian female to serve in the portfolio, and a day earlier on Friday 28th September 2018, the Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka Central Member of Parliament (MP) presented a K86.8 billion 2019 National Budget, before Speaker of the National assembly, Dr. Patrick Matibini State Counsel (SC).
