The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Nakonde is collecting a total of K300 billion through various taxes per month.
Nakonde acting ZRA Commissioner George Siame disclosed this when Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Mike Mulongoti toured ZRA offices in Nakonde yesterday.
Mr Siame said despite the many challenges the Authority faces; it is able to collect an average of K2 to K3 billion per day.
He cited transit fraud as one of the major challenges ZRA faces in maximizing its revenue collection in the border town.
Mr Siame however assured the business community and traders using Nakonde border post that ZRA has put in place measures to ensure quick clearance of goods.
Finance minister Ng’andu Magande recently announced a K13.76 trillion national budget for K2008, 70% per cent of which is to be sourced internally.
And Mr Mulongoti urged ZRA staff to serve government with patriotism in order to enhance the country’s revenue base.
Mr Mulongoti was in Nakonde to officiate at the destruction of multi-billion kwacha pirated products.
Ba Hippo belatwebako, we dont even know where all that money will go. Mulefilyafye mwilatwebako.
ZRA does its best under dilipidated infrastructure but the monies r pocketed by thieving controlling officers & Levy’s foreign check ups including Chiluba’s medical tourism.
K300 billion sounds like way above what ZRA expects to collect per month; doesnt this mean the poor citizens are being over-taxed by overzealous ZRA employees?
wow, thats seems like a lot of money to me. It means 3,600,000,000,000/year(3.6trillion/yr). Where does our govt take all this money? Can someone account for all this cash!!!! And I think Livingstone and Chilundu collects even more. Then there is Kasumbalesa, and Kazugula, Mikambo. Man the list goes on and on. Not even mentioning our airports and Mpulungu. Im having a headache now. There are daylight robbers in our govt. Zambia is not supposed to be poor now I see.
#3 Wandi ZRA can collect more than k300 billon if only they can curb smuggling. Imagine truck loads of DVDs and electrical appliances coming into the country duty free!
#4 you are right on! I think that we have a problem.
If you visit the ZRA website they quote duty rates that are not used by their offices at Nakonde and elsewhere. Their excuse is that they have not yet updated their website.
i find it difficult to believe the figure is truly 300 billion per month.3 billion maybe but 300 ???what are people importing through Nakonde that can attract 300 billion in duties??maybe we import ocean liners,Boeing 777’s and space shuttles through Nakonde ??
Pundit #7, I agree mwana, that figure sounds very suspect? That’s approx. $79m a month or close to a billion dollars in a yr?? and all this dough just 4rm Nakonde??? Hmmm, yet we still can’t inject fresh capital into Zesco, equip our major hospitals, build better roads, schools, clinics etc…I smell monkey tricks, someone somewhere is either lying or shafting us!
kanabesa ba Quentin(8),you are quite an optimist….should the truth be known…we constantly shafted AND lied to ALL the time !!i figure it to be a typographical error…if not…see you in Nakonde coz then i’m missing out on the monies that “slip through” !!!
genital men this resources have to go to ncc we are developing at a slow pace
i says(10),if you cannot spell it.. don’t use it…not even in jest, as on fora such as this you knoweth not who your audience may be !!!
USD79m thru Nakonde? dont think so either, 300bn zim dollars might be more like it
Bane, how do you get 300 billion per month from an average of 2 to 3 billion per day. The figure is suspect.
I agree with my nigga (13). How do you arrive at that figure? that sounds like 7.5 billion/month to me.
I agree with my nigga (13). How do you arrive at that figure? that sounds like 7.5 billion/month to me.
Why can’t the Zambian public request the pulicity of ZRA Nakonde accounts, so that we establish the facts on this matter, after all we have the right to information.
we need leaders who are action orriented…..ukubomba ze biggie, not giving us fack fingures everyday….mwebuteko ngatamwiba… ichuma cose ichi chiyakwisa….ok remove 2 zali mupeleko umuntu atumendeleko utulindi (potholes) pa uth… we want results twapapata not counting on papers… we are not intersted.
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Thank you for the good writeup. It if truth be told was a leisure account it. Glance complex to far delivered agreeable from you! By the way, how can we be in contact?