{"id":43457,"date":"2023-04-01T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T22:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=43457"},"modified":"2023-04-01T08:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T08:54:26","slug":"pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption","title":{"rendered":"PF Demands Dissolution of Presidential Delivery Unit Over Allegations of Institutionalized Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Last Saturday, President Hakainde Hichilema announced the creation of what he calls the Presidential Delivery Unit, herein referred to as PDU, with the mandate of \u2018accelerating the implementation of high priority government programs and projects\u2019.<\/p>\n

In response to this announcement, the Media Director of the Patriotic Front, Antonio Mourinho Mwanza, has raised concerns about the newly formed PDU, stating that it is \u201cakin to institutionalised corruption and raises more questions than answers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mwanza also noted that the President did not cite any authority he used to appoint the PDU, which goes against the general rule and common practice. He further asked, \u201cwho will be financing the PDU? Which budget line will they be using since they are not part and parcel of the established government structure?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Media Director also raised concerns about the duplication of roles, as President Hichilema had previously appointed Dr Lawrence MWANAYANDA as his Special Assistant for Project Implementation and Monitoring, whose mandate is akin to, if not exactly the same as, that of the newly formed PDU. He questioned whether this was \u201cthe same bloating of government and wastage of taxpayers\u2019 money that President SAMMY vehemently opposed when he was in opposition?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mwanza also drew attention to the constitutional implications of the PDU, stating that \u201cthe Constitution of Zambia in Article 114 gives Cabinet the sole authority to cause or ensure the implementation of all government programs and policies.\u201d He questioned whether the PDU had taken over the powers of Cabinet and what role Cabinet and line ministries would play now that the role to implement government programs and policies had been given to Chipokota and Kamwambi.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Media Director asked, \u201cwhat criteria will Chipo and her friend Kamwambi be using to identify which programs, policies and projects are a priority and what will qualify a project to be priority?\u201d He also questioned the reporting structure of the PDU, given that Ms. Kamwambi is a Permanent Secretary and reports to the Secretary to Cabinet, but has been assigned to State House and the President.<\/p>\n

In addition, Mwanza raised concerns about accountability, given the far-reaching powers and political influence that Chipo and Kamwambi have been given, stating that it would be difficult for watchdog institutions and ordinary Zambians to hold them to account when they will be working under the powerful cover of State House and the President himself.<\/p>\n

Mwanza called for the dissolution of the PDU, stating that it would create \u201csome obscure untouchable \u2018cartels\u2019 that will be above the reproach of any authority other than State House and the President.\u201d Instead, he urged the government to give \u201cfull mandate and authority to oversee the implementation of government programs, policies, and projects\u201d to the duly established departments and units of government.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Last Saturday, President Hakainde Hichilema announced the creation of what he calls the Presidential Delivery Unit, herein referred to as PDU, with the mandate of \u2018accelerating the implementation of high priority government programs and projects\u2019. In response to this announcement, the Media Director of the Patriotic Front, Antonio Mourinho Mwanza, has raised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25,10,248],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-43457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-featured","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nPF Demands Dissolution of Presidential Delivery Unit Over Allegations of Institutionalized Corruption - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last Saturday, President Hakainde Hichilema announced the creation of what he calls the Presidential Delivery Unit, here ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PF Demands Dissolution of Presidential Delivery Unit Over Allegations of Institutionalized Corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last Saturday, President Hakainde Hichilema announced the creation of what he calls the Presidential Delivery Unit, here ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-01T22:53:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680287110.14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PF Demands Dissolution of Presidential Delivery Unit Over Allegations of Institutionalized Corruption\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-01T22:53:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\"},\"wordCount\":480,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680287110.14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Featured\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-demands-dissolution-of-presidential-delivery-unit-over-allegations-of-institutionalized-corruption\",\"name\":\"PF Demands Dissolution of Presidential Delivery Unit Over Allegations of Institutionalized Corruption - 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