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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Patriotic Front Members of Parliament have expressed disappointment with the 41.9 Billion Kwacha supplementary budget that was presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister on Friday 21st June 2021.<\/p>\n

The MPs say they expected the much anticipated supplementary budget to address the effects of the national disaster the president declared that has affected most Zambians and subjected them to poverty.<\/p>\n

Only 19% has gone to the Ministry of Community Development for social protection while the majority of the funds go towards debt restructuring.<\/p>\n

Mufulira Member of Parliament Golden Mwila says he like many others were very eager to see how this particular supplementary budget would address the plight of the Zambian people after president Hichilema declared a national disaster, but is very disappointed to see that it has not.<\/p>\n

He says if government feels the declaration of the national disaster received national or worldwide attention, it has not been attained and bases this on the support that the government has received which should have been included through the supplementary budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cwe expected to see a culmination of the support that this government has received, having declared a disaster, to be included in this budget….. because the idea of having declared a disaster, you are simply inviting the rest of the world, cooperating partners, multilateral and bilateral to say, \u2018come to the table help us save our people\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this budget, 41 Billion Kwacha, how does it reflect the international response to the declaration of a disaster? Through funding? How is this 41 Billion going to be funded?\u201d He added.<\/p>\n

And Lunte Member of Parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya also wondered where the revenue meant to fund the 41.9 Billion Kwacha supplementary Budget would be generated.<\/p>\n

He said that in the past the opposition advised the UPND government against tax concessions that it is giving to mining firms would haunt it and this is beginning to manifest.<\/p>\n

He says the UPND reduced the mineral royalty tax and made it Deductible for tax purposes, two measures aimed at reducing taxes for the Mines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho do you want to pay for the supplementary budget? It\u2019s the poor Zambian balya abaletumishanya ama mobile money (those using mobile money). He lamented.<\/p>\n

He wonders how the government can boast of giving K400 to the vulnerable at a time that it has declared a national disaster when mealie meal is costing just as much.<\/p>\n

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