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(TIMES) ‘CEE needs more resources’

‘CEE needs more resources’
By Business Reporter

ADEQUATE resources should be allocated to the Citizen Economic Empowerment (CEE) programme if the initiative is to perform according to the projected goals, Premier Consult Limited managing consultant Oliver Saasa, has said.

Professor Saasa said that the principle behind the CEE was excellent but that the initiative could only be appreciated if the necessary mechanisms and resources were allocated to it.

Speaking in an interview in Lusaka, Prof Saasa said it was important that technical training for the CEE was conducted with the help of the public/private partnership.
He said this would help smaller businesses to be linked to big ones and enable them manage their businesses properly.

‘‘The CEE is a good paper. What is required is to ensure its effective implementation by ensuring more resources are available,’’ Prof Saasa said.
Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Davidson Chilipamushi said last week that the Government was on course to ensure effective implementation of the CEE initiative.

Mr Chilipamushi said his ministry was currently putting together various logistics to ensure that the CEE was fully implemented by the end of the year.

The CEE under Act No. 9 of 1996 is an integrated broad-based and multifaceted strategy aimed at substantially increasing participation of citizens at all levels of society in the economy as well as significantly decreasing income inequality.

Labels: CEE, OLIVER SAASA

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