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K20 million will be disbursed under the youth empowerment programme this year,
Youth and Sport Minister Chishimba Kambwili has said.
Mr
Kambwili said when he paid a courtesy call on Kitwe District Commissioner Elias
Kamanga yesterday that K23 million was given out last year, and that Government
intended to disburse K20 million to empower the youth in 2014.
He
warned those that would fail to pay back the funds of prosecution, because
doing so would be considered as fraud or obtaining money by false pretences.
Mr
Kambwili, who is on a tour of the Copperbelt Province to explain Government
programmes on youth empowerment and job creation, also paid a courtesy call on
Kalulushi District Commissioner Mulenga Kampamba.
And
Mr Kamanga said many young people were anxious to benefit from the youth
empowerment fund.
Meanwhile,
Mr Kambwili has urged United Party for National Development (UPND) leader
Hakainde Hichilema to be truthful and avoid conduct that may bring confusion in
the country.
He
said on Monday, when he paid a courtesy call on Copperbelt Minister Mwenya
Musenge, that the opposition leader should learn to tell people the truth on
issues affecting the country.
He
castigated Mr Hichilema over his remarks that Government had failed to pay
former Mpelembe Drilling Company in Luanshya.
Mr
Kambwili was reacting to a statement attributed to Mr Hichililema on Radio
Icengelo in Kitwe last week that Government owed the former workers at Mpelembe
Drilling some money.
He
said Government was not the cause of the suffering of the people who had served
under Mpelembe Drilling Company.
He
said the company Mr Hichilema worked for, Grant Thornton, which was the
receiver, was the one which privatised Luanshya Mine.
“Government
is not owing Mpelembe Drilling workers any money. I challenge HH to tell the
people of Zambia how much RAMCOZ was sold for and how much his company got for
liquidating Luanshya Mines.
“I
am reliably informed that his company was paid in full but some employees from
Mpelembe Drilling have not yet been paid, why is he blaming Government and
telling the nation lies?” he said.
The
minister also called on the party members to stop fighting among themselves.
Mr
Kambwili urged all the members and party officials to unite and remain loyal to
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