Government has challenged the Chinese contractors working on infrastructural development projects in Lufwanyama district to erect high quality structures that will stay for many years to come because government was spending huge sums of money on projects.
Special assistant to the president for Policy Implementation and Monitoring, Ben Kapita, says government cannot continue wasting resources by paying for projects that develop faults shortly after their completion.
Mr Kapital was speaking in Lufwanyama when he toured government-funded infrastructural developmental projects that include a district hospital, a high school, a police station, government staff houses and a bridge among others.
He said that there has been a number of shoddy works going on in the country and government has continued to waste resources on such projects that do not last, a trend which he said should be stopped immediately.
He also urged the ministries under which these projects are constructed to involve the staff from the Ministry of Works and Supply to monitor the projects to avoid construction of low quality structures.
And Mr Kapita observed that there have been some civil servants who are dishonest in their execution of duty by certifying shoddy works as satisfactory.
He warned that action would be taken against such employees as they contribute to wastage of public resources.
Meanwhile Mr Kapita has expressed happiness at the rate at which developmental projects were going on Lufwanyama.
Mr Kapita urged the contarctors to quickly finish their works so that the people of Lufwanyama could begin enjoying the facilicities.
And Mr Kapita noted that new districts, such as Lufwanyama, need to have a special funding source in order for their various needs to be met.
Mr Kapita said new districts were in need of a number of services that cannot be met through the normal national budget allocations.
And speaking earlier, Lufwanyama District Commissioner ,Evans Pwele, said the district is faced with a lot challenges, such poor roads, non availability of transport and accommodation for government workers and non-availability of clean drinking water.
Mr Pwele said almost all government workers in Lufwanyama district reside in Kalulushi due non availability of accommodation which negatively affects their work out put as they cannot afford to travel to the district on a daily basis.
ZANIS
As long as corruption remains rampant, forget it. I would rather challenge you, ba Kapita, to first clean up your back yard before altering those words.
We honestly don’t need these bogus contractors in Zambia, its a very huge cost to the Zambian tax payers. Â
Chinese workmanship  is most of the time substandard.Â
the government of zambia is only competent at wasting resources. they will still be wasting resources in the future time of our children’s children.
it’s time to sell zambia to taiwan now!!
“He said that there has been a number of shoddy works going on in the country and government has continued to waste resources on such projects that do not last..”
What sort of govt is this?
Sick and tired of this Kapita chap….just shut the hell up already. You are the government and you sign off on these damn contracts/projects and you eat on the side too. Now you want to act as though you care about what these chinese companies are building? Are you really serious? Your position in it’s own is a public waste of resources. How dare you say this
…”And Mr Kapita observed that there have been some civil servants who are dishonest in their execution of duty by certifying shoddy works as satisfactory.” Ba Kapita, please isaleni akanwa kenu bakamba. Misebanyo ishi.
Govt shud stop awarding tenders to chinese nor indians, why cant they empower zambians?
iwe Kapita ,its not about “challenging” them to do good works.You are supposed to first award contracts to good companies,then MONITOR their work as they progress and finally STIFFEN the clause in the contract that talks about warranty,guarantee and stuff like that.
Are there no Zambian contractors anymore??
Men and women who talk too much, are either liars of mindless. Don’t pretend you haven’t studied the workings of the chinese people all these years.
zambian contractors are there but are the waste and corrupt.i stop there.which web site will beam the zambia/eggypt game?