A senior government official is concerned at the poor performance of some Zambian companies contracted to undertake various government development projects.
Lusaka Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Conrad Tembo says this is delaying the implementation of development projects such as schools, health centres, roads and other infrastructure aimed at improving the living standards of the people.
Mr Tembo says government has come up with a deliberate policy to empower local contractors but their poor workmanship and lack of reliability is undermining this well intended objective.
Mr Tembo said this when he toured a mortuary under construction at Luangwa Boma clinic in Lungwa district which a named Zambian contractor has failed to complete for the past three years.
This is despite government paying the contractor about K220 million so far out of a total of K280 million to complete the whole the project.
Mr Tembo warned that such contractors would have themselves to blame if government does not consider them for contracts in future.
“Government is doing all it can to accelerate infrastructure development in Lusaka province but in some instances, it is being let down by some local contractors who can’t perform to expectation,” said Mr Tembo.
Mr Tembo urged the Lusaka Provincial Buildings Engineer to work closely with the offices of the District Commissioners and other stakeholders in ensuring contractors worked according to the deadlines and specifications outlined in the contracts.
“Government wants to get the right value for its money. Underperforming and unreliable contractors will therefore not be tolerated,” he said.
Mr Tembo was leading a team of senior officials from Lusaka provincial administration to monitor and evaluate the implementation of various government projects in the province.
The team also visited projects in Chongwe, Kafue and Lusaka districts.
If we are not careful we will be colonised again.
and you wonder why we want Sata in office? he has proved the test of time its the lazy and idol that do not want wake up to working hard and develop zambia but fill their pockets with fake contracts.
i dont know wat this *2 guy is talkin about wat can sata do thats why chiluba did not pick him coz he knew that he did not have the capcity to run the country . go go go go HH the man for the job . we dont need a thug in state house
Contractcts should bed given to credible contractors. The major problem here is that yourselves who award contracts, you want to gain from what you give out. It is the process of awarding contracts not the companies. I know the game. Some of these companies have no offices, they are gost companies that get regrouped id there is a contract coming. How do you accoint for that? It only the government to blame, not companies. Tembo think again. Make sure the companies that get the contract, get it becasue they are capable.
#4 i wanted to post a comment but hey man u said it all. Govt to blame. They pick their relatives who are incompetent and expect perfect results! forget!! its the same thing happening around our presidential campaigns, some people support certain individuals on tribal grounds even when they know that they are not suited for the job. Later-on the same characters will start complaining. change your attitudes or forget about development. Cling to the same old chaps and continue wallowing in poverty. Lets get focussed Zambians move our country forward. The HAND is the answer come 30th oct.
While your points Mr Tembo are quite sensible, the question is what institution has the MMD GRZ put up in place to make sure that the companies contrated to do some worl do it to the best level and within the time that is sound?
Bull, most of these Zed companies continue receiving contracts without delivery material or services paid by govt. The bottomline and answer is Corruption of highest order. People get paid even with supplying nothing.
did ester tembo win???
problem is guys with out any knowhow are getting these contracts because chaps in the system have a cut in the deal..you dont need to be rocket scientist to know this. .. thats why even a company with a name as pathetic as Chakuti general dealers can get a road contract worth billions.. and then when the workmanship is shoddy epople complain.
Thats why we need foreign investment so that we can learn how to do things from these people.
people we are still far from trying to take our destiny in our own hands.
Just take an example of Ndola’s Roads..National shame
Noise, noise, noise! Get to work lazy BOMA! When Sata was jailed he facilitated cleaning up his prison. I doubt RB will even sweep his jail cell in November when found guilty of arson.
Yesoo,she won by a knockout.I think it was second or third round.Was too high to concentrate.Ester is a marvel to watch!\
By the way,The Zambian tender board is to blame for awarding contracts corruptly to inept companies.They should face investigation and possible prosecution in the event of shoddy work.
On the other hand,most Zambian contractors do perform very high standards of work so avoid the rotten nut saying which spoils all others.
#11 I agree with you. The tender board is corrupt. It is not necessarily the best companies that get the work. Tembo is not telling the whole truth.
Did u listen to HH.Wat more do we zambians need.mediocre leadership or wat?the young man is inspiring.1 hour looked like 20 minutes.he is just the kind u would want to listern to the whole day explaining issues.As for these companies not delivering # 4 has said it all. We need proper systems.
And that is because, Mr Conrad Tembo, you have vested interests in awarding those contracts.You are just putting your foot deep in your mouth.You are dishing out contracts to briefcase companies that give you a cut.Some of these companies have no proven record of contractual implementation but they end up being awarded huge, demanding contracts.Our country has only itself to blame because we either lack standards or we choose to ignore them.It is shocking, to say the least, that we fail to do even very minor things
Shame on our country.How can a whole minister say that? Whose problem is it?
If you think Zambia is corrupt now, wait until we allow RBB to be in power!! It will be so much worse. The man has already shown us how he thinks people operate… with kubosha!
We all know that the Zambian government gives briefcase companies business, they get a cut or they own the companies AND THEY DONT DELIVER! If I were Tembo, I would shut up!
Sata is also corrupt. I witnessed it. He walked into Chachacha Pharmacy, asked for a number of medicines. When it came to paying, he joked, wasted time and asked not to pay! Of course the indian lady at the till told him it was ok! CORRUPTION!!!!
Zambian companies here shouldnt be blamed but the person to be blamed is the one awarding the contracts.Secondly there is nothing wrong in awarding a contract to a friend or relatives,the only question is do they have the campacity to carry out the intended projects.Deputy PS please revist your stance here coz the quilty party is the Government of the Republic of Zambia
#13 in Zambia we have never lacked great speakers,we have had alot of them.Remember how great the late Paul Tembo was in speaking but he lost elections to captain in Kabwe.We want practical and proven leaders like the Rupiya Bands of this world.Chiluba is great speaker too.nO 13 you must have missed Chiluba s eloquency
the zambian govt is full of nonsense. do you that when someone delivers at Kanyama clinic they need a bucket. when they deliver, the afterbirth, blood, etc is put in the bucket. they are asked to throw away the stuff at home when they are discharged shortly after delivery. the newly-delivered mother goes home with an unbathed baby and a bucket in their weak and tired state. now if this happens in Lusaka where Ministers are busy driving their brand new Toyota Landcruiser VX, what about those in rural areas!? nurses in maternity ward are less than 10 attending to almost 200 women a day! salaries are less then K1 million! GOD HELP US
I just hope this is not the CONRAD TEMBO i know. If it is, then i better come back home and not waste my time focussing on 2011. Va booka vi ma appointments back there ! Check your comments and the modalities in place for allocating contracts, Tembo..
#8 ITS NOT ESTER TEMBO,BUT ESTER PHIRI AND SHE WON A CLEAN GAME…NO DOUBTS
#16 is that corruption? think man before you talk dont let us think you are an embacel, you started well but poor finishing man. the bottom line is we have capable Contractors who can even do better than your so called international companies. the foolish thing parents can do is not to take the last born to school because the bad experiance with the first,second,third…….the Gvernment should never not think foriegner are going to devlp ZED it is us through experince it is the risk they have to take
number 22, did i say that government should give the business to foreign companies? and its imbecile not embacel! the solution is not to allow all sorts of nonsense to happen when the government is losing money. its our tax money that is being wasted and people’s pockets getting full for nothing!
are you unhappy with SATA not paying for medication. well it happened in my eyes! that is corruption. you should know what corruption is first and then argue you imbecile!
Iwee Choma 1,We are tired of these guys that do not present any hope for our great nation.Our neighbouring countries are doing far much better than us and yet the have spent much of the time in war,e.g,DRC,Angola.We keep on talking about poverty yet we in a land of prenty.To me u sound like,u either u have a job to protect or u were awarded a brown envelop,thats y u support pipo like nyama soya.Atleat wat i know is that,pipo that support rb r either corrupt or protecting other interest but others within his camp have given up and dont care who ever becomes president e.g,Magande,Mpombo,Shaks,Machila,Masebo,the list is endless.
#16 and 23, thanks for the testimony on Hon Sata’s behaviour.
Uuuuuuuuuuuum. Ba Justine naimwe, PRENTY???? chi nama nshi
Ba Justine lets not be suspecious of each other,we are only looking for the best for our country,I am immune to corruption.
So why are u telling as this, you want to give the project to the CHINEZ, go ahead before the money is chewd.
You are welcome Maestro. Why do you call him Honourable? He is no longer MP/Cabinet minister! He is Mr. Sata.
#29, I call him (Sata) Hon. because Honourable Sata is a senior Zambian Citizen and he deserves our respect. As a matter of fact, we need his (Hon. Sata) advise when we start running GRZ with Sir HH as Zambian President if he (HH) will win.
I am also hoping to utilise Hon. Sata as my adviser when I will take over the running of the GRZ at Plot 1, by God’s grace, in 2016.
Vote the UPND’s HH for Zambian President in 2008. Vote for Maestro Hhehhehhehhe for Zambian President in 2016. Choice yaboola (choice has come).
#19 Lord have mercy, that’s a subhuman way of life!
Hakainde Hichilema’s Campaign For Real Change Theme Song
Nddi Nddi …. (Mixed with) ntli-ntli ntli-ntli ntli-ntli ntli-ntli …..
1. Zambia forward, voti nipa-kwanja
Zambia forward, voti nipa-kwanja
Chinochaka pakuvota tusale kateke wamano
Hakainde Hichilema, ewo tusale bane
Namba 1, Ma-sukulu yazankala yamahala
Namba 2, Vipatala navo vamahala
Namba 3, Fetiliza izankala yamahala
Manzi namanyumba yoonse bazakonza
Nchito zamushe zoonse ziza pezeka
Vili bwaanji, imwe nanga vilibwanji
For a change voti Hakainde Hichilema Zambia Forward
Bantu boonse chinochaka futi tiza vota
Tifunika kuvotela musogoleli wanzelu
Ma-youth a Mbuye aTata aZimayi
Eyo voti yaanu pasani HH
Chorus
Nddi Nddi …. (Mixed with) ntli ntli ntli ntli ntli ntli ntli ntli …..
Chinochaka pakuvota tusale kateke wamano
Hakainde Hichilema, ewo tusale bane
Chinochaka pakuvota tusale kateke wamano
Hakainde Hichilema, ewo tusale bane
31 Nine Chale Thanks for advise.instead of using 3 towels ,i used three blunkets and it worked fine.But how often should I be doing this?
2. Twachula sana paafula, amafya twalileka nokupende
Load-shedding teyakulanda
Nalo ulupiya, talulemoneka
Amenshi mukomboni, tamwaaba
Ukulya nako, kwakuwaya waya
Oeyo nayo, nomba naiddula
Imisebo, shafule emigoddi.
Tuvotele tuvotele, Hakainde Hichilema
Tuvotele tuvotele, Hakainde Hichilema
3. Chipata na Lundazi, HH
Solwezi na Kasempa, HH
Kafue na Lusaka, HH
Chingola napa Kitwe
Mongu na Chadiza, HH
Petauke na Katete, HH
Source: w w w . hakainde . c o m
#19, I THINK the HH Campaign Theme Song answers most of your analysis. May the best man, HH, win the Oct 30, 2008 Presidential elections.
#26 obvious u get the sense its plenty and for mr choma 1,i agree with u, we r looking for the best for this country but one who is corrupt and one who condones corruption can never be the best.These are vices we are trying to get out of this great nation which late Lpm(mhsrip) fought so hard.
Iam yet to see a zambian contract issued by the tender board. Here in Germany contracts are standardised and clearly stipulates penalties for not abinding to the contract. For God’s a contract is a legal dokument and I dont see why it should not be honoured when we have all sorts of legal institutions where Gov’t can take the culprits who break the agreement. Let the document speak and no negotiations period.
What is the Foreign Direct Investiment (FDI) percentage (%) in a single company (investiment) that the UPND’s HH is proposing for his (HH) would-be GRZ come November 4, 2008?
number 38, I agree that HH is the best of the four. I voted for him last time and will do the same this year. He provides sound and logical solutions. I dont believe in buying votes with sugar, mealie meal, K15 M, etc. Neither do i believe in the ‘man of action’. I believe he is not educated enough to be president in 2008. However, he can be useful as you say.
number 40, you are right, there are legal institutions in zambia. but they only seem to work against political rivals! why doesnt the government take all those who were paid and didn’t deliver to court!? you see why i said they own the companies or they got a cut. Legal action would be implicating themselves.
Countrymen dont confuse incompetence with corruption.The two are different.
hh might not be tribal or corrupt but I am pretty the man is incompetent when it comes to running the government,meaning contracts would continne to be awarded to undeserving companies
#42, thank you for the acknowledgement that HH is the best of the current runners for Plot 1. I urge all Zambians Citizens to do the needful on Oct 30, 2008, and reflect for atleast some seconds before they vote on that day.
May you all have a great day and sensible blogging.
#40 Miss Zambia where in Germany are you? You might be interested to know that there’s a Zambian-German friendship club in existance in Stuttgart. We are planning independence and Xmas celebrations too.
#46, can i come too – to the “independence and Xmas celebrations”?
the problem with us zambians runing companies is that we want to first bling withthe latest cars and have 5 girlfriends in rented flats before we can perform the job the money was intended for. so what do we get such crapy results.
Maestro are you telling me that you’re also in Germany? Of course you’re welcome and I would be personally glad to meet you, your excellency!
# 48 the problem is the way contracts are awarded. We need more of press freedom to expose this. ACC were are you run and check on this. this is clear corruption. # 2 and 5 you are write. Lelo sata is coming. dare eat his money
We are tied of corruption can some one work out ways of trapping corruption this. One must be investigated. Tembo Conrad also got K25,000,000.
By this time ba florence Mumba has gotten a brown evelope and we are busy strugling to vote when the direction is predetermid
KK (badala) please stay out of politics what do you mean Sata is not fit to be a Governor or Minister and not Presido, Ba KK we know you are supporting your brother in Law Ndalama Banda, you will be shocked come 30/11/2008.
LT kindly show the number of Vistors to your site at any particular time. This is try impoving by incoparating mobile phones as well. You will be paid in the long run
Chibwi (Maestro Hhehhehhehhe) where ever you are note that in the copperbelt we understand the problems we have and we know how to sort them out by VOTING SATA
#41 HH campaign manager stop wasting space we all know that none of us is going to vote we are not in Zed atase.
LT kindly block this guys who have run away from ama Hardship ya ZED. We have remained to build ZED no matter what. They dont know our political and economic stage and how things should move FWD and by who.
Let this guys stick to Chirwa whos dream is to see zambia start manufacturing Aeroplans when in power. Chibwiiii tatulapangapo ne chibala
Miner yalifulwa. VOTE for sata
That’s why we Muntu need people from china to do the contracts. Can you imagin how we would be living if the muzungu hadn’t come and developed our country.
If i was in zambia i would be preparing to go abroad.Zambia is a sinking Titanic as the Late LPM refered to zimbabwe.
This Donkey Banda is as useless as a used diper….Vote wisely or shall be in limbo for the rest of your lives…
Don’t blame the companies – it is the system of awrading contracts to blame. Pipo should be proud to support local companies and develop them – if we have a blame culture them we shall always call on the Chines to work on all our grave yards.
Some foreign companies u see here doing fine are supported by their governments.
The contractor received K220M out of the K280M contract price. A proposal for such a project usually shows the cost of each stage. Giving the contractor more than 78% of the full project cost shows incompetence. I would like to know how much of it went to corrupt office bearers.
SATA WAS ON RADIO MANO YESTERDAY TELLING LISTENERS THAT HE KNOWS WHERE THE ZAMBIAN MONEY IS AND THAT HE IS GOING TO BUILD A RAIL LINE CONNECTING TAZARA FROM NAKONDE THROUGH KAPUTA TO COPPERBELT. TO ME THAT WAS A DAY DREAM AND BUILDING CASTLES IN THE AIR. WHEN SHALL THE OLD FOLKS STOP LYING TO THE YOUNG ONES. LOOK OUT FOR MORE LIES FROM THIS DREAMERS OBSESSESED WITH PLOT ONE.
#64 Even HH said it on ZNBC that he knows where the money is.Dont blame Sata. It is true There is plenty of money in Zambia Bo #64. what is lacking is failure to priotise the resources and channeling it to needy sectors for development by the CEO of Zambia – The presidency. Period.
too much corruption, patronage, nepotism etc. At least KK fired RB for corruption at NAMBOARD. Thats what we want. defence of natural resources.
#64 I would say the same if the auditor general’s report says 14.7 trillion kwacha has been misapplied by the Government since 2001, that is over 2 trillion a year, so it is possible with fiscal displine. Bo 65 he did not say he knows where the money is, he gave an account of how he intends to make money for zambia, that is the departure between him and Sata who is fond of making general statements which are not backed by figures or atleast some form of planning.
the problem with zambian contractors in my opinion is a lack of empowerment and enteprenuership skills training. why not engage foreigh contractors and make them subcontractor zambian companies? this would be killing two birds with 1 stone. you are empowering the local companies financially at the same time they are aquiring much need enterprenuership and teschnical skills that they need to carry out thesae jibs effeciently in future. thats what botswana did. they used foreign knowledge to educate their locals then replaced the foreighners with their local labour.
if this can be done we will see a huge turn in the way things are done
Totally agree with No.65. Ba No. 64, one of the sources of money is where the salary increaments for the ministers would have come from.
HH has a great plan to develop Zambia, he just needs a chance to do so. He made a lot of sense when he spoke yesterday coupled with good speaking.
HH for President
Sata for Local Gvt and housing (that’s his best position)
#19 SPOT ON HOW DO THEY EXPECT YOU TO GO WITH A BUCKET TO TAKE THE PLACENTA HOME AFTER DELIVERY KWATI NI MEAT AND THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE AWARE ASK THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE MINISTER ITS A NATIONAL SCANDAL MORE OVER THEY ASK TO BUY GLOVES FROM THE SAME NURSES WHEN THOSE GLOVES ARE FROM THE GOVT STORE ROOM ZAMBIA HAS GONE TO THE DOGS CAN SOMEBODY PLS INVESTIGATE PLS TWATENDWA NABAKAPOLI ABA BA MATIPA GOVT
My fellow Zambians, I am the “Maestro Hhehhehhehhe – LABELLED as a TRIBALIST BY a group of BEMBA-TRIBALISTS (mainly UNDEREDUCATED or Kaponyas) who are small DISTINCT group from the ORIGINAL NORMAL REAL BEMBA PEOPLE of Zambia, just because I am born Tonga and succesful”.
I have now officially stated using the name on my username now.I have done so because LT seems to be a supporer of those who insults or atleast they have pressured him to be on their side.To this end, I am now offically a PF Supporter for Sata to destroy Zambia.I’ll change my username to Maestro Hhehhehhehhe after the October 30, 2008 elections. All POSTS under the name Maestro Hhehhehhehhe from today onwards wont be from me
THE HOUR HAS COME: VIVA RB
Which hour? man you must be losing it…
Ester,she is a world Champ but not ranked in the boxing World,someone explain.
#57 please remember that there are many unemployed people on the streets of Zambia. A lot of them are well educated. So if a country outside Zambia is willing to employ them, be thankful for that. At least it offers your brother or sister an opportunity to have food on the table and take care of their family. In no way are they unpatrotic. The fact that they participate in this blog is proof that they are doing the best they can to keep abreast with developments back home. It’s on record that last year or so, Zambians in UK sent £31 million to Zambia to support relatives. This is over 220 Zmk billion. And this is only through Western Union. Some cash go through other ways, even by hand.
This man has spoken the truth, but guess what? in the MMd he shall not be made minister, he speaks the truth. And No# 8 it is Esther Phiri not tembo hahahahahahaha(lol). She won by TKO; Esther the other true Zambian Champion and Simutowe.
Forgive my statement on Conrad Tembo, more research is to be done by myself. Though I feel change emminent in our generation. God bless Zambia and its people.
It is not called running away, we moved to countries with stronger economies and unending taxes. trust me we work a lot harder than you think, plus our little foreign exchange that we send back to you no# 57 helps Zambias economy; if you Did not Know, 2 Billion $ of Ghana’s GDP if from Ghanaians based abroad.
DONT CONDENM ZAMBIAN COMPANIES AS THAY HAVE ALWAYS PERFORMED HENCE WHERE WE ARE NOW.THE PROBLEM IN ZAMBIA IS CORRUPTION.WHERE A FOREIGN COMPANY BIDS K3BN A ZAMBIAN COMPANY IS GIVEN 1KBN.ITS UNFAIR.A LOT OF EFERIORITY COMPLEX AMONG GVT OGFFICERS IN CHARGE OF TENDERS
Grant us Dual Citizenships, we will bring in hard cash and create more jobs in Zambia! Most foreigners running businesses does not understand the Zambian culture therefore has no respect for the people and will continue the slavery which is going on in Zambia today.
#78.. chills you got it wrong man. its the other way around. its the foreign company that bid 1.0billion and the loacl who put in a bid for 3.0billion and gets it.
1.0 billion for the local
1.0 billion for the corrupt official
and 1.0billion for the foreign contracter to do the job!
Win – win for everyone
Why give a grade 5 a road project. He doesn’t even know where asphalt comes from. Zambia is not very accomodating to learned people unless you know someone. To get a contract is hard coz of requirements. They first should be know-how and not how much money you have in the bank.
Did you know: We only have 1 grade of cement in the country. It’s supposed to be grades 1 to 4. 1 being the fastest hardening. 4 the strongest. But here all we have is mpamvu. Makes me laugh. What grade is that?
Inferiority complex is really the order of the day here. The higher the office the more inferior people around here behave.
viva rupiah banda pipo like hh,sata,they are scared of you.they have realised that you are aman of your own even if you are accused of corruption it’s a song of the past.our late president couldn’t trusted you if you where really a corrupt leader.come 30 oct,you are the fourth republican president.just fight hard about corruption let them realised that the late president meant well by saying he had fought a good fight against the scourge for the betterment of the zambian people.we are behind you and ipromise you wiil become victorious let those snakes and the musuness be prosecuted for borrowing money from taiwans.hh explain to the people what you have done to your area where you won in 2006
my apeal to all zambia let’s vote for rupiah banda,he can manage this country because he has guided us through our trying moments when we lost our beloved late president his excellence lpm scm m.h.s.r.i.p GOD bless zambia.viva RB FOR ZAMBIA!!!!!!!We shouldn’t be discouraged by job seekers like hh and king cobra sata.he is a devil’s angel who lied to ever and adam in eden.already some works have been stalled on the C.B foreign investors are scared of the spiting cobra!viva rupiah banda pa koloko.the hour is ticking.on’t make a mistake by voting on a sinking boat.it will waste thing we do expect to happen.pa koloko bane please.
#44, choma1, you sound like the type who hang around offices and think just because it is 17 hrs, then you have done a lot. You should set targets and be results-oriented. How can a sane person doubt HH’s ability to the degree that choma1 is insinuating? Well, wait and see, we are votinh HH in and RB out. The three years of HH’s prudent resource management and putting the money where it is needed will stimulate YOU to vote for him come 2011.