During our time, govt never spent money outside the budget – Kavindele

FORMER vice-president Enoch Kavindele says during his time in office, government never spent money on anything that was not outlined in the national budget. And Kavindele who also served government as minister of Commerce says second republican president Fredrick Chiluba made some good and bad decisions, some of which were still affecting the economy today. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s special programme to mark Dr Chiluba’s 10th memorial, last Friday, Kavindele said during his days in government, no ministry could get an overdraft from the bank. He said government at the time was very cautious on how it handled public resources. “Government never spent money which was never in the budget. We ran what was known as a cash…...