2022 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Monitoring Report: Chisamba, Kasama, Livingstone & Masaiti Constituencies.
Abstract
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) conducted a Constituency Development Fund (CDF) monitoring exercise in May 2023 in four select constituencies to systematically collect information on the CDF processes and gain insight in the implementation of the Fund in the country. This exercise was conducted as a result of the evolution of CDF budgetary allocation from K1.6m to K25.7m in 2022, and subsequently to K28.3m in 2023, which needed serious safeguarding from corruption, wastefulness, politicisation, elite capture, and derailing from the CDF objectives. This JCTR CDF monitoring exercise was conducted in Chisamba (Central Province), Kasama Central (Northern Province), Livingstone (Southern Province) and Masaiti (Copperbelt Province).
Description
The main aim of the systematic CDF monitoring exercise was to assess transparency, accountability, community participation and challenges in the implementation of CDF. The monitoring exercise focused on three major stakeholders who included four Local Authorities, 51 Ward Development Committee (WDCs), and 1,560 community members from the targeted constituencies. The monitoring methodology used complementary approaches; the quantitative approach which included numerical values and relationships and the qualitative approach which focused on obtaining descriptive information from different levels and stakeholders. The dual method technique provided a more in-depth understanding of the implementation of CDF.