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144 VOLUNTARY PEER REVIEW OF CLP: A TRIPARTITE REPORT ON THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA – ZAMBIA – ZIMBABWE
in the Copperbelt town of Kitwe, and staff for that
both competition and consumer matters.
It is recommended that the Commission
existing human resources gap, and also
that the main University in Lusaka be
assisted in introducing courses related
to competition policy and law to provide
a trained human resource source for the
Commission.
(b) Budget and Financial Resources
Paragraph 10 of the First Schedule to the Act provides
that the funds of the Commission consist of
“such moneys as may: (a) be appropriated by Parliament;
(b) be paid to the Commission by way of
fees, levies, grants or donations; or (c) vest in or
Table 3: Income Sources in 2010
Income Source
Approved
Budget
Jan-Dec
(ZMK)
accrue to the Commission”. The Commission may
also accept grants or donations from any source,
raise loans, or charge and collect fees for services
it provides.
Table 3 below shows the Commission’s income
sources in 2010. In 2010 (up to November 2010),
total income received by the Commission was
cent of total income) was in the form of government
grants. The major source of the Commis-
Fees to be levied for applications for exemption
of rule-of-reason anticompetitive agreements, as
provided for under sections 18 and 22 of the new
mission’s
income through adequate stakeholder
education of the provisions of the Act.
Actual Income
Jan-Nov
(ZMK)
Actual Income
Jan-Nov
Percentages
Government grant 2 201 000 000 1 666 034 723 343 229 36.22 per cent
1 828 060 000 2 805 203 252 577 916 60.99 per cent
Extraordinary board meetings income 0 109 400 000 22 538 2.38 per cent
Income from workshops 15 000 000 19 095 206 3 934 0.42 per cent
Total income 4 044 060 000 4 599 733 181 947 617 100 per cent
Source:
As indicated in the Commission’s approved Budget
for 2010, the Government should be the major
funder of the Commission’s operations through
grants since the Commission is a Statutory Body
with non-commercial functions of a regulatory
nature. The actual grant disbursements in 2010
were however much reduced, resulting in income
contributor to the Commission’s funds, at about
61per cent of total income. Income from fees and
unpredictable behaviour of enterprises, such that
mission’s
advocacy and awareness activities. Ide-
law should be paid to Treasury, to avoid the likely
possibility of the Commission prioritizing competi-
of other equally important competition activities
like advocacy and awareness, while service fees
could be paid to the Commission for cost reduction
purposes and as supplementary to government
grants for use to fund the Commission’s developmental
projects.
It is recommended that the Government
should take up its responsibility of ensuring
that the Commission’s operations are fully
funded from government grants.
administrative regulations to the Act do provide