Luapula Province Controller of Government Transport Alex Kalobwe says the on spot check of government vehicles in the province is not aimed at persecuting anyone.
Mr. Kalobwe stated that there are written down guidelines on how government vehicles are supposed to be used and that everyone using them is expected to know these guidelines.
Speaking during a 2 day inspection of Government vehicles over the weekend, Mr. Kalobwe explained that the inspection will help to reduce the abuse of government vehicles.
He explained that long distance driving of government vehicles should be left to those people who are employed for that particular purpose as they are professionals in that area..
ZANIS reports that Mr. Kalobwe further disclosed that out of the 7 vehicles which were impounded in the province, 3 were being driven by people who are not authorised to drive government vehicles beyond the radius of 50 Kilometres as one of the guidelines.
He has confirmed that his Ministry will be conducting these on the spot check regularly.
WE ARE ACTUALLY BEHIND YOU…ITS A GREAT MOVE. WE HAVE SEEN GRZ VEHICLES BEING USED FOR MEANINGLESS PERSONAL BUSINESS. ..EG FERRYING FARM PRODUCE FROM THEIR FARMS…DRIVERS LOOKING MASQUERADING AS CEOs IN GRZ VEHICLES…
There is no point of being a GRZ driver if can’t take landcruser to church.
Mr. Kalobwe you are doing a commendable job: Very few Government employees take care of Governments properties. Ati fye Bom. Come to us in Private sector and see how we work and look after Company properties. I give a credit to What Mr. Mutati has started in fact this is long is long overdue.
Yes maybe imwe in private sector with chinese, but us who drove NGO vehicles behaved like GRZ, sometimes leaving them pa bar. We even did ama lift mu field, fuel baledabwa abasungu ama tank yaleba fye full always.
Only in Zambia can you justify doing the right thing even apologize…as the country is morally bankrupt and lawlessness is the order of the day. This is what happens when the guy is State House is a tool for corruption!!
Why do you not do the same during campaign periods? Do you not know that during that period abuse multiplies a hundred fold?
Dept of HaNegatives at work!
@Nostradamus; i hope you are not the kind of people who have made Zambia broke by misusing govt resources; Mutati should keep the spirit; but he might be transferred as he has exposed state house with the Chinese drivers of a GRZ vehicle;