Decentralisation means power to the people
When local development is decided by a central government, not much good comes of it. In Samfya, Zambia, the people are fighting for their right to be heard. These windmills in Samfya where constructed in spite of the wishes of the local people. They have never worked, despite the high cost involved. By Innocent Daka Wilbroad Musaba has never been to a social science school to study, but nowadays he is becoming a self styled social policy analyst. As a zone trustee for Chifunabuli area development committee, he is being kept abreast on social policy issues through a good governance and democracy programme run by Samfya district council under the support of Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS-Zambia). And he puts up an intelligent argument about how issues of political and civil rights, good governance and democracy influence human development. Mostly he seems more conversant with issues of decentralisation. However, unlike social p...