President Michael Sata has with immediate effect created seven more new districts.
The newly established districts are three in Western Province namely Nkeyema, Limulunga and Mwandi.
Others are Luano, Chisamba and Chitambo in Central province, and Shiwan’andu in Muchinga province.
The Head of State has since directed the provincial leadership in Western, Central and Muchinga Provinces to liaise with all the stakeholders, political parties and their Royal Highnesses in order for them to establish the centre where the district headquarters will be situated.
President Sata said the Patriotic Front administration is determined to decentralise government operations for the effective and efficient delivery of services to the masses.
Mr Sata emphasised that the government shall promote decentralisation and local community participation in order to build a better and transformed country.
Consistent with previous impromptu creation of districts, the president appears to have undertaken these measures without the parliamentary approval as required by the constitution and without consultation with the local communities.
Source: ZANIS