Zambia business entrepreneurs in Kabwe District have called on the Zambia Revenue Authority to be efficient when attending to clients at the border posts.
The business entrepreneurs mostly women, told ZANIS that the clearance system at the border posts was frustrating and inefficient.
Doreen Chilonga complained that there was too much confusion especially on the amounts being asked for.
She said this had posed a lot of challenges for entrepreneurs.
Mrs Chilonga said ZRA should introduce a fixed amount that businessmen and women should be paying rather than counting all the items one by one to establish how much they needed to pay..
She further said that although the receipts are being issued after clearance, it takes a long time before the same could be issued.
Mrs. Chilonga said although complaint about the situation have been made to ZRA, no measures seem to have been taken to redress the situation.
Meanwhile another business lady Bupe Mulenga appealed to Government to reduce the customs duty in the next budget.
Miss Mulenga complained that ZRA officers at the border, charged traders half the price of the goods.
She said this was not fair considering the standard of living now.
She also sited Kazungula, Nakonde, Kasumbalesa and Chilundu border posts as some where clients are allegedly not attended to in good time.
Kabwe ZRA office Acting Station Manager, Brian Nyondo, when contacted for a comment, referred all queries to the Public Relations officer in Lusaka who could not be reached at press time.
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I Think LT correct some of the mistakes in you article it should be Ms.Doren Chilonga (Note: its Ms). I am telling you out of fact. Then its not Chilundu but Chirundu also out of fact.
Otherwise good effort to get news from Kabwe.
There is no Brian Nyondo at Kabwe ZRA