Vice President, George Kunda, has warned local contractors and suppliers against abandoning projects because the trend is costly to the nation.
Mr. Kunda is concerned that some local contractors are failing to fulfill contractual obligations despite government releasing funds to facilitate the implementation of projects.
He was speaking in Mansa yesterday when he met the local business community and the church.
He advised the business community to help change the negative culture as it can lead to deprivation of opportunities to local contractors.
He said government was committed to promote local businesses by ensuring that more contracts on procurement and infrastructure development are given to local companies.
And Mr. Kunda has advised the church to help sensitise Zambian people on the dangers of engaging in illegal actions.
The vice president said the church should advise the striking nurses to resume work and help save lives of people as opposed to continuing with the illegal strike.
Mr Kunda, earlier, toured the Control Tower being constructed at a cost of K1.3 Billion before holding a private meeting with the traditional leadership of Mansa.
Mr. Kunda was in Mansa to officially kick-start the Luapula province MMD annual card renewal exercise.
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” Mr. Kunda is concerned that some local contractors are failing to fulfill contractual obligations despite government releasing funds to facilitate the implementation of projects. ”
Perhaps government shouldn’t just be ‘releasing funds’, but have a role in supervision and accounting? You know, look after the people’s money? Why would contractors who don’t finish projects repeatedly have ‘funds released’ to them? Could that be… corruption?
It is the government that must show they are serious about development, and not just put all the blame on ‘local contractors’.
why not advise those who are abandoning projects instead of announcing publicly.
I recently had a( pleasure) of driving on the Lusaka Chipata road. The stretch from Nyimba to Sinda is a total mess. The local people I drove with told me bamudala injira anachita resurface Sable transport.
Its a joke, the road looks like they just painted black paint over the potholes. How does the Zed gov award contracts?
Sable used to transport chimanga in our times to Namboard or ECC. I feel people in Zed especially The Mbuyas should start making some relevant noises and make use of power of the pen.
Boma imidelela.
Vice President Kunda, after the money is released nobody checks to see if the projects are carried or not, and please I am fed up of seeing you in the papers all the time.