Constituents request MP address on development

BY WATIPASO MZUNGU JNR

People in Chiwembe Village, which is in Blantyre City South-East constituency, have asked their legislator, Jeffrey Ntelemuka, to address them on development issues.

At a Village Development Committee (VDC) meeting that took place last week, people complained that they are lacking information on how Constituency and Local Development Funds, are being used and that they would like the parliamentarian to address them on the same.

“People are becoming more and more aware of their right to development. It’s in this vein that many people want to know how two funds are being utilized to benefit them,” Village Headman Chiwembe told CommuNews after the meeting.

“Lately, they [people] have been asking me to ask our MP to address us on these issues. For example, people don’t understand why there are no development activities taking place in our area when government allocates each constituency funds for development projects,” he added.

The VDC chairperson Rex Nderezina claimed his committee had been trying to communicate with Ntelemuka, but failed because his phone could not be reached.

“Currently, we’re mobilizing resources for the construction of two bridges connecting Chiwembe to Limbe Market. Another bridge connects Chiwembe to Misesa Primary School. But we are failing to finalize the projects because the money people have contributed so far is not enough,” said Nderezina whose committee was collecting a K100 contribution from each household for the cause.

“If we had LDF available, we couldn’t have been going around people’s houses asking for contributions. That’s why we need our honourable MP to help us,” he added.

This CommuNews reporter equally failed to hear the legislator’s side of the story as his mobile phone was out of reach.

Meanwhile, people are planning to meet their MP once he is back from Lilongwe where he will be attending parliamentary meetings for four weeks.
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