<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliAt the same time that LSC was launching its state planning initiative, Congress required LSC to cease funding its grantees presumptively and to begin to fund programs on a competitive basis.  <response>: Wakati huo huo LSC ilikuwa ikianzisha mpango wake wa mipango ya serikali, Congress ilihitaji LSC kuacha kufadhili grantees zake kwa dhana na kuanza kufadhili programu kwa msingi wa ushindani. 