Government says there is need for the National Council for Construction (NCC) and other key players in the construction industry to establish the root cause of shoddiness in road works, particularly by some local contractors.
Works and Supply Minister Kapembwa Simbao says the cause for the shoddy works should
be established in order to come up with appropriate remedial measures.
Mr. Simbao was speaking at the National Road Fund Agency conference held in Lusaka
today.
Mr Simbao said government is concerned at increasing cases of shoddy roads works
because a lot of money is expended on such undertakings.
“I would like to request the construction industry to re-look at its performance
because some road works leave much to be desired,” said Mr Simbao.
He said Government created the National Council for Construction-NCC to specifically
deal with capacity issues in the construction industry.
Mr Simbao urged NCC to help Government in addressing problems in the construction
sector so as to correct the situation.
He said Government wants to see a situation where the available meagre resources are
put to good use and result in quality works.
Mr. Simbao pointed out that road and other infrastructure is key to economic
activities and subsequently in efforts aimed at reducing poverty.
He said roads were the engine for national development and that they open up
landlocked countries to national and international trade.
Mr Simbao also said that roads improve accessibility and mobility, especially in the
rural areas.
Mr Simbao ,however, was glad to note that the road sector had gone back to its
original vision of dissemination of details of the annual work plan for road
projects and road transport services in Zambia.
He told the participants that information dissemination was very important to the
government and for stakeholders to know and be able to provide valuable input into
the planning process.
He pointed out that information dissemination also promotes transparency and
accountability.
Mr Simbao further said that there is need for the Road Sector to prioritize projects
so that Government can channel funds to projects that are of economic importance to
the country.
He noted that Government’s policy was to get value for the money from all road
projects implemented.
And National Road Fund Agency Board Chairperson Julu Simuule said the objective of
the seminar was to disseminate the proposed 2008 Annual Work Plan for phase two of
the Road Sector Investment Programme whose main objective is to obtain stakeholder
input.
Government in 2002 restructured the road sector through Acts of Parliament that
ushered in three Road Sector Agencies to instil transparency, checks and balances
and accountability in the management of the road sector
Does government sign contracts with the companies that win tenders for road constructions? How many companies that bid for construction of roads are turned down on merit? Are there specifications that charm you as government to award these contracts to companies that you later find offering substandard work? What are the penalties in those contracts for such an act?
ctd. Are qualified government engineers being given the leeway and say in those contracts being awarded or politicians without relevant know-how in the field are dominating in those offers for some kickbacks or curving a name for themselves? This is “treason†and I see no reason why tax payers’ money can be wasted like that. It is time we became serious in management of national resources or we will continue to wander in a maze of mediocrity.
To be known as insane like Sata is not synonymous with international plurality. Until you recognize the centrality, and the plurality, of theoretical frameworks of stature in international politics which is important for you to learn in view of your zest in public punditry. I respect your myths, freedom of choice and dissatisfaction with the ‘interparadigm debates. Evidently, in the swath of PF thugs, you have some challenge for rationalist and reflectivist approaches to politics.
Sadly, most of these hopeless PF thugs here devoted to insults have rejected and marginalized reflectivist approaches in public foras where discipline matters. Little do they know that they are dealigning their regional club where moderates feel misfits. That is typical of Sata’s political machination heavily dependent on thugs, hooligans and hoodlums. Their relevance is to help him manipulate the call for intra-party democracy and ensure foolproof political campaigns and electioneering, if any.
All this thuggery of the illiterates is for the security of his own, to “deal” with intra-party political opponents potential of challenging his hold to power, and to move mountains and cause chaos. The Chawama debacle we recall.My advice is that thuggish Political godfatherism and patronage cannot be a means of livelihood and must be discouraged at all levels of PF.
Ba Pragmatist Ka pempuleni Chikanda apo taila sanguka ishikisa. Mwa sabaila sana, Just accept defeat and take it like a man. You dont expect to win all elections. The nature of democracy is about a fair competition for the votes and those that loose should accept the verdit as handed down by the people.
He who pays the most backhanders gets the contract..its not rocket science!!!…and who is supposed to be checking the works while they are been done???..there is no point checking and then condemning the work as shoddy!!!sometimes I wonder if we were ever ready for independence!!!!
fact/Pragmatist
Learn to take loses as a man and not to be filled with so much rage and animocity.As a political strategist,you`ve got to sit back and do an introspection to determine where things went wrong.Then you mop up a winning formula to counter your weaknesses.Remember that Zambian politics are one of the easiest to figure out and as a result a solution shouldn`t be hard to come by.
Where is the President and how is his current state of health?How long can we be governed by the VICE PRESIDENT who is just an apointee?
Chapi (8),
Refer to my posts precisely # 16 under the thread “Michael Sata’s passport seizedâ€. What more do you want me to say? Are you seriously expecting me to be in your reckless warning mode to those that my opinion and political inclination are in variance with? I’m sorry I can’t do that though in your senseless excitement you have warned me that my days are numbered for what-so-ever. That is a miscalculated expression wrongly said under the deception of the internet to a wrong person.
As my big brother Pragmatist in # 3,4 & 5 has articulately said it, I’m above your disillusionments and the gutter tasks of Joze insulting Mr. Pragmatist and defaming the President daily. I know his fantasy tells him he is defaming from the moon where patriots need a shuttle to preemptor purge insanity. Illiteracy cab be source of dangerous ignorance.
Chapi,
I said;
First congratulation for holding on to your party seat in Nchanga. I presume you are full of it now. Within a span following the results, i have authenticated beyond doubt that politics is not your beef. If what I doubted until confirmed this time around is what you are bringing in the real political arena, then you are headed for a harsh posterity. Your euphoria and loss of self control has been stunning to say the least.
As my big brother Pragmatist in # 3,4 & 5 has articulately said it, I’m above your disillusionments and the gutter tasks of Joze insulting Mr. Pragmatist and defaming the President daily. I know his fantasy tells him he is defaming from the moon where patriots need a shuttle to preempt or purge insanity. Illiteracy can be source of dangerous ignorance.
FACT
I was just simply giving you some free advice and it`s take it or leave it.
Point of correction,I have repeatedly pointed out on this blog that I`ve reserved my right to belong to any political party and I hope you would respect my decision.
I wonder whether Sata and his PF tribal thugs are ever going to learn that in this country, national elections can never be won from the Copperbelt alone. Sata swept this province in the last polls but scored on a national scale basis, he polled an abysmal 27%. The goodold adage indeed seems to stillhold true, “You can never teach an old dog new tricks”. If Sata will still not have breathed his last long before the next polls, he seems clearly headed for another resounding defeat in 2011.
MMD retards cant live with a defeat (worse is coming in 2011). LPM got 28% in 01 and was ‘enough’ to make him president. Now they got more from ‘blind’ voters in nwest and west and they call that progress.
BA inister bushe elyo mwaishiba ati local contractors do shoody work on our roads? its the tender board to blame if it is there. Turner construction on the Copperbelt in Chingola has done rubbish, i cant even call it shoddy work. Can some one do something?
The mayor of Chingola should resign because he cant allow such a situation to happen in his backyard, he drives his old car on the same road and he cant question why Turner construction are painting pavements before working on the road.
#15 DIXIE DICK
Don`t think using your DICK.You are devoid of analytical skills.
Danny VJ #16,
You are undoubtedly one of the Northern Alliance stinking thieves. Especially with people from Western Province, please leave them alone. Look, when talking about progress, they have better comparables to judge a president and economy from, Botswana and Namibia. You Northern Alliance Janjaweeds have Zaire for a comparable, a caotic country where there is no economy and stealing is a culture from the top man in government to the pigymy in the Ituri Forest. You stink you monkeys.
We’ve all lived under both the Chiluba/Sata and Levy governments to know that even though Levy may not be the ideal president, he’s better than twenty SATAnic Chiluba regimes put together! The only thing that would be worse than SATAnic Chiluba’s kleptocracy would be the Hyenas and Frogs Kaunda was defeating all the time and of course the stinking “bwato” of Chiluba’s wayward Iturian nenesis, Mobutu Sese Seko Koko Ngbendu wa za Banga. Had you guys been a state on your own, you’ll be like Somali
# 20, Its that hatrade you are showing of other tribes that makes certain leaders only popular in one single province. From your sentments I can easily guess your tribe, and if you were to aspire for prezdo; I think you where you can get votes.
The best is to look at issues being raised, not who raises them. Development when it comes, it does not choose the tribe. If you hate sata, all you do is help you MMD in correcting things sata raisea,and sata wil be popular no more.Not insults/ arrests.
So this bull…. z still going on
Why is it that you PF supporter’s are fond of using abusive language. Are you guys thugs / kaponyas? Anyhow, Sata himself was a henchman / machete boy for that little thug. I see no sanity in PF.
Ala nga ni Pa Ndola, aya mafontini ba Turner Construction ba anshikafye amabwe yekayeka mu musebo, na tu Bitumen twakupimisha.
All their workers simply move around with brooms sweeping in the potholes. Nshamonapo equipment iituntulu…….nangu fye ni ka compactor
Bushe ba Shimizu baba kwi? E baume balya!
#19&20 THATS WHY NO PRESDO WILL COME FROM SOME OF THIS PROVINCES BECOZ OF PIPO YOU LIKE U. U COME ON THIS BLOG TO SHIT ROTTEN OPANI WITH NO BRIANS. WITH THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE NO TRIBE OF YOURS WILL RULE THIS NATION I CAN ASSURE U 100%, NOT EVEN IN THE NEXT 30 YRS. YOU WILL STINKS TO DEAD, ZAMBIA IS FOR PIPO WITH PROGRESS IDEALS NOT THAT SHIT YOU ARE SHITTING HERE.
#23 What is wrong with Kaponyas? Are there not pipo like u? Made in the image of God? God gave this country to us all. Come on leave them alone, afterrole they are making this country tick. It is pipo like that are bringing division in our nation, you think you are the only one who own zed. Next time I hear u talking bad about this pipo I will deport you to the nearest country. FOSEKI!!!
#26
There you go again.
It is disheartening to realise that 43 years after independence, our roads are still full of potholes the size of craters.Shoddy works are done coz of corruption and lack of proper tendering procedures. Why can’t we introduce toll gates on major roads? I guess enough revenue can be generated to maintain the roads. Foreign trucks pass thru Zambia damaging the roads on daily basis. Only toll gates would help collect revenue from such trucks. Emulate countries like SA.
By the way Government should relook at the idea of painting our pavements black and white. these look terrible.To make matters worse they are even raised.That styling died years ago. these days reflectors are used. While the Govt is at it they must look at widening the main roads. If the Govt has no clue of what i am talking about they must take a tour of South African Roads
I totaly agree with Mr Mashabe # 29,on my last visit to my mother country Zambia i was met by an eye sore of the roads sytem. The Black and white paintings of the pavement is so outdated. The pavements are so raised then painted black and white, imagine what the pavement can do to your car should you go over.The main roads in LSK are no so bad but the black white painting is so 100 years ago.Govt needs to widen the roads also. some roads are narrow like 1 way roads
The PF, stronghold is in Copper belt Towns. Therefore this win does not change his statistics in number of seats. He was fighting to return a seat.
what is dissapointing is that the MMD fielded a candidate who is facing criminal charges in court. It is only fair that, Chimumbwa did not win.
Sata’s popularity still hangs in the balance and 2011, alala again. The Maxi Sata can get is 42%, with amendment of Constitution can never deliver in the re-run with a balance candidate.
#s38 RN Pretoria, 29 Mashabe & 30 Chimwemwe, you are right. It boggles my mind to see how outdated some constructions we still hold on too despite the world becoming a global village. What is painful about it all is that our leaders visit other countries daily but never wish to see our country be transformed to some of the standards that we see. American roads are great.
ctd. How I wished we could have these wide, strong roads like theirs. You can drive anywhere even if you have never been there the signs will take you there! I like their yellow and white, yes, those white marks look ancient! It is not amusing to see that our airport(s) are ancient, we have no national football stadia, and we stick to one lane ancient road networks! Our leaders induce nausea at times.
CK.. All that is possible in Zambia and we have proved that we can do it. We have one of the better road network in Africa… All we need again is to weed out theft, corruption and shoddy business antics.
We have a big Ghost in our Cultural system where theft is embedded in some cultures and always praised and tolerated. Imagine the amount of money lost in the supply chain towards implementing a project.
Before we start demanding for better things, Let us start with ourselves
Can someone tell me who told us that we should paint our roadside pavement black and white? and why do we have to raise the pavement that high. Well said gentlemen the Black and white is ugly and so out dated. i have never seen any such painting when i visit RSA,or elsewhere. Our airport ehee even parkstation in JHB is 10 times better
#15 Dixie muluza point of correction Mad Muwelewele Devils MMD never won the last elections in 2006 its no secret that the elections were rigged by the master rigger VJ Mwaanga whom you have now discarded after fulfilling your desires. Those votes you got from poor vilagers are very questionable cos you dont find such populations in rural areas my friend even your village has no such population.PF won those elections and now we have a village preszo arent you ashamed been voted by villagers only
#30 Chimwemwe
I wish you knew that for our roads to be worked on, it takes His Excellence to go round the world and beg for dollars. With 0.6% mineral royalties, what do you expect? The same old look KK left.
The guys in south africa have nothing good to offer.Whats so good about that thugged raveged country?Dont you realise that we are about to send some peace keepers in that nation?And you #3 Prag your points always go into oblivion because of your constant useage of big words.Dont you think that you are stealing other peoples’spaces by writting things requiring a dictionary to be understood?We know you have memorised alot of colosal words but thats absolutely redundant!!!
My friend from a war-torn country called me on the phone when he read on BBC Africa of the possibility of Zambia playing her World Cup series away. He told me that “You guys have had no war and you are not serious!” He might have been off side but I guess he had a point! The story of shoddy work being entertained points to lack of seriousness in our system. I would assure you of this that many heads could roll if it were in other countries. This is criminal.
Simbao is pretending as though he doesn’t know what is happening at the tender board, the Nichekeleko which starts at plot 1 has gone way long. Genuin contractors are denied the contracts, those fake contractors after nichekeleko get these contracts so don’t blame them for shoddy works blame pipo getting nichekeleko for awarding them contracts period.Most of these brief case contractors are family tree connected so we are just moving backwards instead of forward unless the all system changes
Pragmatist is a show-off who thinks by throwing big words at an audience he will sound educated and sophisticated. However, if you look at his rantings there is nothing being said. I would like to hear him in his mother-tongue. The point of communication is to get your message across easily,smoothly and at times, enjoyably.
CK #39
Consider my posting in #37. Zed is a country that is like it was ravaged by war.
Ladies and gentlemen, its only when we appreciate and respect our differences and learn to harness them in a way that enriches the country that Zambia will ever move forward. Have you ever wondered why some people keen on fielding thieves like Chiluba and Sata, embaciles like Chakomboka and sleepers like Kayope and being the first ones when things go wrong to claim we are all equal and they were only “stealing by mistake”? Andy won the 2001 polls, who cheated him of victory, the same *****s!
There is a pragmatic evil spirit on the blog masquerading as an educationist! It must be stopped!
You PF thugs shut up. Those machetes you got from Nakambala sugar during your campaigns are needed back. Don’t Katangize the blog.
(ZANU-) PF
#3 PragMAFist is a former teacher at Chizongwe. One day he found a pupil smoking dobo in the bush. He threatens the boy by reprimanding him to the Headmaster. The boy pleaded to work in his backyard garden and eventually they all smoked the weed:
PragMAFist:(after making a puff he passed over dobo to pupil) mwaice kadobo ako.
Pupil: (pupil puffed in return) ba sir, kadobo ako.
PragMAFist: mwaice, kadobo ako
Pupil: (the pupil getting higher for every puzzi he made and said the following) ka s
#47 cont…
Pupil: (the pupil getting higher for every puzzi he made and said the following) ka sir, Chidobo ico.
You can add what happen to PragMAFist and the boy.
#47 cont…
Pupil: (the pupil getting higher for every puzzi he made and said the following) ka sir, Chidobo ico.
You can add what happened to PragMAFist and the boy.
Talking about wider roads, I was disappointed the first time I saw the Chinese (nothing personal to them I love them by the way) constructed Luapula roads! They looked like an improved path going to the cemetery, in terms of width and thickness! That is the poor specifications that our road networks have carried for years. Someone must revise these measurements. I feel the Ndola-Kitwe highway should be at least a better standard to go by. Where are Cogifar and Phoenix?
#20 Dick Muluza (DM),
Plz use your head to think and not your dick.Am surprised that we have such stupid *****s in MY country whose thinking capacity without doubt needs physiotherapy.Dicks Muwelewele(DM),it’s one Zambia one nation, then why do you want to bring those divisions?Atese mukwai,shaa!Chana yebo, uli mubauba dinza wasondoka dekayi? (may be, you have gone crazy te?.
#23Spinka
Is Dicks #20 FP?Those are real insults and PF cadres only say the truth.Bushe ngaula dripa ilenda tesele te
#19 Dixie Muluza. You are very dull.So Angola’s problems were a result of being close to Western province, Tanzania economic collapse was because of being next to Northern province (not nationalisation), Mozambique’s woes were beacuse of Eastern province and finally Zimbabwe’s current problems are because of being close to Southern province. Simple truth is that you need nationwide support to presidency in Zambia. It does not matter which region you come from.SHUT UP PRIMITIVE STINKING TRIBALIST
continued; The assisination of Patrice Lumumba and annoiting of Mobutu by Belgians and CIA & and consequent pillaging of Congo is a sad reminder of our (Africa’s) painful history. It is tribalists like you #19 that foreign agents make use of; to bring a country to a war; of brother againist brother; neighbour againist neigbour whilst they rape the continent of it resources and its people of their dignity. SHAME ON YOU. YOU ARE CURSED
#43 Iwe chikala Roy Mudenda what are you talking about Mabisi naikufulunganya sana, why are you mentioning bemba’s only? what about the master rigger VJ Mwaanga and Mulyata are they also bemba’s? for your own information its VJ Mwaanga who stole those election victory from Mazoka(MHSRIP)where does Hon SATA comes in, think before you talk shaaaaaaaaaa iwe chimumbwa mumbwa. You chap don’t be tribal inclined on the blog we are all zambians.By the way just campaign for HH if you think he can make it
Iwe Roy Mudenda (Hard Core Bandit of yesteryear) with that kind of attitute there be no presdo from your province. You either embrace all the provinces or you are doomed to death. Sorry to tell the truth no presdo from your province in your life time, period!!!
Roy Mudenda,
Kindly ignore all tribal motivated posts and insults under impersonation of my Nationalist and moral dualist “FACT†ID. Those are the subnormal works of our deranged kids Joze and Chapi with a dark future thriving with costs in the MMD speech freedom rights. Some times they post as Ronald Penza, Anonymous, Dr Chuchu and FACT yet the server gives out their used IP and network exchange location. We could give you hard copy of personalized data on service provider files.
The moral principle in my prolonged silence and write off of some of these kids is not to inhibit free discourse of citizens. The last time i post here was on Tuesday when i had more than enough time to burn out wastefully. All else between then and # 56 are kids games of addicted Chapi and Joze to the blogging. On sharing of the FACT or Patriot names on liberal on that though a stunt product of the “Supply side Political discourse”. More also tribal courses are my detests of Sata’s lumpen role.