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President Hakainde Hichilema, has called on Parliament to support legislative changes meant to enhance the implementation of social protection programmes, as Government targets to reach over 1.3 million Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries by the end of this year.
Speaking when he opened the 3rd session of the 13th National Assembly,Mr Hichilema told Parliament that government wants to enhace the social protection sector, as it addresses other economic development programs.
He said government wants to therefore scale up the provision of various social protection programmes such as the Social Cash Transfer (SCT), the Food Security Pack (FSP), among others, in order to improve the lives of the vulnerable people across the country.
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Under the Social Cash Transfer programme, President Hichilema said Government has increased the number of beneficiary households, across the country to 1,027,000 with the number going up to 1,100,998 as of June 2023,translating into about 5.3 million people
benefiting from this life sustaining intervention.
He said with increased predictability, transparency and efficency, Government is now working to reach the target of 1,374,500 beneficiary households by the end of this year.
“It is gratifying to note that from the time we assumed office in 2021, payments of Social Cash Transfers to beneficiaries have been
consistent and timely” he said, adding that predictability of payments is important in building resilience and protecting households from social and economic hardships.
To improve transparency and accountability in the management of the Social Cash Transfer programme, the Head of State said the payment system will continue to be digitized to improve efficiency.
And Mr Hichilema told Parliament that through the Food Security Pack (FSP) Programme, Government has continued to provide basic farming inputs, such as seeds and fertilizer to vulnerable but viable farmers.
The President is happy that the programme is currently supporting 200,000 households under the rain-fed farming component, 40,000 through the wetland farming component and 2,000 under the alternative livelihood intervention component.
