Lusaka, 12 May, 2023 / 3:22 pm (ACI Africa).
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is calling on Zambia’s government to promote fairness during the budget preparation process by welcoming ideas from the marginalized and vulnerable.
Zambia’s Finance and Planning Ministry started preparations for the 2024 National Budget in April.
“JCTR takes the preparation of the 2024 National Budget and its subsequent implementation as an opportunity to encourage and urge the government to promote structural equality,” officials of the Lusaka-based Jesuit entity say in their statement dated Thursday, May 11.
They say that the structural equality can be achieved “by ensuring that measures already in place to guarantee that the process is inclusive, notably by accommodating perspectives from all sectors of the economy, particularly those who are marginalized and vulnerable, are followed to the letter.”
Officials of the Jesuit entity that is engaged in research, advocacy, education, and consultancy on social issues also say that the 2024 budget needs to include more initiatives that provide relief to the high cost of living relief.
