truck rehabilitation programme in Livingstone
Government says it has no intention to continue borrowing money to finance capital projects in the country.
And Zambia Railways Director of Infrastructure Sinonge Masiliso said about 4900 jobs had been created due to the works being done on the main railway line from Livingstone to Chingola districts, respectively.
Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Deputy Minister Mwemba Malama says Zambia was responsible for managing its own affairs and as such had to rely on stakeholders within the country for support as opposed to external borrowing.
“As a nation we are not going to continue borrowing money, no. It is not good. We are governing ourselves. We are responsible for managing the affairs of our country so we have to depend on one another,” he said.
ZANIS reports that the Deputy minister said this in Livingstone yesterday after he toured works being undertaken by Zambia Railways Limited using the K120 million it was allocated from the Eurobond.
He emphasized the need for Zambia Railways to be prudent in the use of the funds and utilize it only for capital projects.
Mr. Malama reiterated that the country could only attract investors if it made meaningful investments in infrastructure development.
“We need better infrastructure if we are to attract investors. No investor can come if our infrastructure is in a deplorable state and jobs cannot be created without infrastructure,” he said.
Meanwhile, Zambia Railways Director of Infrastructure Sinonge Masiliso said about 4900 jobs had been created due to the works being done on the main railway line from Livingstone to Chingola districts, respectively.
“From Livingstone to Chingola we have created 4900 jobs under the contractors. This is good for the country especially that we are using local and not foreign contractors, “he said.
Mr. Sinonge further said 420 jobs had been created for the community due to works being done on the Mulobezi railway line.
He however, clarified that funds being used for the rehabilitation works on the Mulobezi railway line were not part of the Eurobond but derived from money earned by the company from its operations.
oh i hope yo master thinks that way too
GRZ AT WORK – TRAINS ARE MOVING AT AGAIN, AIRWAYS WILL BE FYING AGAIN ON A BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART KK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT….
We are slowly coming to believ in u or is it u who are believing in us bloggers who r bomarding u everday OVER KALOBA..!!!
and
Why is Japanese’ Monarch coming this time
whn we r mourning our President. Why were
they not coming “All those days”.
I beliv they HATED OUR SATA since he is gone they r
now able to come…..!!! The Reason the Kwacha
is even Stable these days….!!! RIP.
Truck rehabilitation? Dont Railway companies need to focus on trains? Zambian journalists at it again.
LT the name should read MWIMBA not MWEMBA
You call this rehabilitation?? my FOOT
These are reconstruction works, not rehabilitation. Rail infrastructure has been ripped out all over the place; Luanshya has a memorial level crossing if you have been there. We need to get serious with ourselves when we deal with matters of this magnitude. Even the airline song is all a matter of humble pie – most of the culprits who instigated the demise of the airline are in government today.