HON. ILLOS NYONI: LETS LOBBY FOR DDF RECAPITALISATION
HON. ILLOS NYONI: HON. I. NYONI: Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important motion tabled by Hon. Chingosho and seconded by Hon. Chikukwa.
HON. ILLOS NYONI: HON. I. NYONI: Thank you Mr. Speaker Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important motion tabled by Hon. Chingosho and seconded by Hon. Chikukwa.
HON. NYONI: The responsibility of DDF - we are all quite aware that it is a maintenance and rehabilitation Department of infrastructure. They are also a water supplier, road services, hire equipment and tillage services.
HON. NYONI: We are quite aware that roads in rural areas are in a dilapidated state, particularly feeder roads used by our rural communities. These roads, of course, are used for transport purposes to transport materials and people.
HON. NYONI: The other challenge was of roads which were facing major repair challenges and what we were spending on those potholes. We are aware that our country has been facing a major drought and water is a necessity,
HON. NYONI; of which DDF has not been able to carry out their duties fully because they are incapacitated. In brief, it is important that DDF is capacitated. We are now in the budget period and we are all aware that from 5th to 7th November there will be the Pre-Budget Seminar.
HON. NYONI: This is the time for us to lobby for DDF to be capacitated with enough resources so that they can fulfill their mandate. This will go a long way in terms of capacitating DDF with new equipment.
HON. NYONI: Here I am talking about new borehole drilling rigs, caterpillars for maintenance of rural roads and other relevant equipment such as tractors for ploughing.
HON. NYONI: The new budget increase will also go a long way into helping DDF to carryout repairs on all the equipment and boreholes that are not functioning at the moment.
HON. NYONI: I further suggest that part of the Devolution Funds that are being allocated to various provinces, substantial chunk of the Devolution Fund should accordingly go to DDF.
HON. NYONI: The ZINARA allocation is also a pittance and I am sure the money that is being raised by ZINARA, quite a substantial amount should also be allocated to DDF so that they are able to do their road maintenance and renew feeder roads in our rural areas.
HON. NYONI: In brief Mr. Speaker Sir, the issue here lies in re-equipping DDF and capacitating them in terms of enough resources. I thank you.
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