By Staff Reporter
CITIZEN participation in municipal and national budget consultative meetings will be more crucial post Covid-19 pandemic as more economies are shrinking and deficits will have to be funded by citizens themselves as there will be no option for governments to borrow.
This came out during a Green Governance of Zimbabwe Trust (GGZT) and Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) gender budget tracking meeting which was recently held in Mutare.
The meeting was attended by local government officials and various civil society organisations (CSOs).
Gender budget tracking trainer Chipiwa Chifamba noted with great concern that most residents who were not participating in budget formulation processes always cried foul after the budgets were passed.