The District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) held its second-quarter meeting on 18th July 2025 at St. Lawrence Hall, bringing together stakeholders to review progress and plan ahead. Here are the key takeaways from the presentations by various clusters:
- Environmental Sustainability Cluster
- Forestry Department: Highlighted challenges in revenue generation due to limited budget allocations but emphasized community and stakeholder support for activities like tree planting and forest patrols.
- Export Trading Group (ETG):
Distributed 7,117 seedlings to 114 farmers and mapped 593 farmers for carbon projects Provided 1,130 improved cook stoves to households, reducing deforestation and health risks while empowering women.
- Economic Transformation & Job Creation
- Livestock & Fisheries: Vaccinated 18,000 livestock (target: 30,000) and plans to expand fish farming, despite challenges like limited transport for patrols.
- Agriculture: Addressed low uptake of SAF loans due to limited banking partners but expects improvement. Noted underutilization of an irrigation scheme due to community land disputes.
- Human & Social Development
- Education: Random inspections ensured quality construction of school projects, though some targets (e.g., desk procurement) faced delays.
- Livelihood Support: “Small Livelihood Packages” (e.g., goats/chickens) introduced for families in non-arable areas.
- Good Governance
- Exceeded decentralization targets with 13 functions transferred to the Local Authority.
- All policy committee meetings (Audit, Finance, HR) held as planned.
Matters of Special Interest
- Concerns were raised about vandalized streetlights along Limulunga-Mongu Road, with a call for community collaboration to protect infrastructure.
Chairperson’s Remarks
The Chairperson, Mr. David Lutangu, commended ongoing infrastructure projects but urged action to improve road conditions in Limulunga township.
The meeting closed with a renewed commitment to ‘collaboration and district development’. Well done to all stakeholders for their contributions!