Malambo Constituency Member of Parliament Peter Phiri has appealed to the Kunda Royal establishment to ignore some leaders who are misleading people into thinking that delimitation will divide chiefdom boundaries.

Mr Phiri who is also Eastern Province Minister, said the delimitation of Mambwe District into two constituencies would in fact bring about development to the chiefdoms.

He said that delimitation was meant to divide the district into electoral boundaries and not divide chiefdom boundaries.

He said that the traditional leadership was in support of the delimitation process, which is why some chiefs were also in attendance during the delimitation submissions.

Mr Phiri added that having two constituencies would foster faster development, as the district would now be receiving K80 million kwacha as Constituency Development Fund (CDF) once the proposed constituencies are approved.

He explained that the whole district would greatly benefit in various sectors once it started receiving two CDF allocations arising from having two constituencies.

Following the delimitation sittings that are currently underway in various districts countrywide, stakeholders in Mambwe District made submissions to have the district divided into two constituencies.

The stakeholders submitted to have Malambo East Constituency with nine wards (9), namely Jumbe, Chipapa, Chisengu, Mphomwa, Mdima, Nyakatokoli, Msoro, Chikowa, and Kasamanda Wards, with Malambo West Constituency having six wards (6), namely Mnkhanya, Ncheka, Chipako, Nsefu, Kakumbi, and Malama Wards.