Director of Decentralization Alfred Sakwiya says, 'most political leaders ushered into office after last year's tripartite and general elections are not conversant with Government's decentralization policy'. Mr. Sakwiya said this when he presented a paper at the ongoing Local Government Association of Zambia 51st Annual Conference at New Fairmount hotel in Livingstone today.
And Mr. Sakwiya said most chiefs in the country were apprehensive about the 2006-2010 decentralization policy as they doubted the local authorities capacity to handle additional responsibilities considering their generally poor financial status.
Mr. Sakwiya said once the general public understood the whole concept of decentralization they would support it wholeheartedly because of its numerous benefits". LT
Mr Sakwiya comes to ZBTR to discuss progress made towards "DECENTRALIZATION"
