Minister grilled over devolution funds

THE Local Government ministry was last week grilled in Parliament over funds allocated towards devolution, which legislators said were yet to be released from the fiscus.

Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo was asked by MPs in the National Assembly to explain how her ministry had disbursed devolution funds to different provinces.

Section 301(3) of the Constitution provides that an allocation of at least 5% of the national revenue raised in any financial year should be made to provinces and local authorities as their share in that fiscal year.

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