Govt funds non-existent provincial councils

GOVERNMENT has reportedly released budgetary allocations to provincial councils, which are yet to be formally constituted in terms of the country’s Constitution.

Section 268 of the Constitution provides for devolution of power and setting up of provincial councils.

On Wednesday, MPs grilled Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo over government’s release of funds to non-existent provincial councils.

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