Government through the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) is conducting a desk review of the Constituency Development Funds Act 2023 to improve governance and efficiency in the constituency development program. “MRD’s primary focus is to improve our CDF legislative framework, ensuring efficiency in the constituency development program and that the program is fit-for-purpose,” the Minister said. “MRD will work towards creating a planning guideline for the constituency development program, ensuring communities’ development needs are identified and, most importantly, resourced through the CDF,” he said. “This process must begin at the community level – demonstrating community-led prioritisation and empowerment in rural development. I believe it is now time to facilitate an environment for rural communities to participate more actively in our development planning processes.”