Development expert Charity Musamba has noted serious concerns over Zambia’s decentralization program, noting that the process has been slowed by political interests and the continued concentration of decision-making power and public resources in Lusaka. Musamba indicated that successive governments have promised to decentralize governance since 2002, but the process has remained largely slow despite the country now being in the third phase of its Decentralization Implementation Plan. Speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times-ZBT, Musamba noted that Zambia continues to operate one of the most centralized governance and development systems in the Southern African region, despite its commitment to...
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