Road Transport and Safety Agency Chief Executive Officer Zindaba Soko has refuted media reports suggesting that the concession agreement for the implementation of the Road Safety Management was terminated.
Mr. Soko said the agreement is still in force and speed cameras have not been removed from the roads as the Agency is evaluating operations so far as they plan for the deployment of the cameras and cover other areas which initially had none.
He said the Road Safety Management System emanated from a Public Private Partnership which was set up between Intelligence Mobility Solutions and the Zambian Government, represented by the Road Transport and Safety Agency under the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
In 2017, the Government of the Republic of Zambia through the RTSA signed a Public Private Partnership Concession Agreement with Intelligent Mobility Solutions (IMS) for the implementation of the Road Safety Management System.
Subsequently, in February 2018, IMS and RTSA unveiled the Road Safety Management System with the goal of saving lives on our roads.
RTSA has since assured the public that the Agency will continue embracing the use of ICTs to provide for sustainable road transport and safety systems in the country.
No smoke without fire, I guess Intelligence Mobility Solutions is no making profits, everyone now drives very slow, no one goes above 50KM per hour.
Driving from Lusaka to Kafue now takes an hour or/and more… BORING!
This man looks intoxicated all the time.
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Mr Soko if someone was to take Ratsa to court for failing to : 1) erect road sign posts, 2) paint road marks 3) erect over head information bill boards on various road dangers such as failing to park behind the yellow line, not pulling back when being overtaken and not reducing to low beam when another vehicle approaches from the opposite direction etc etc
If someone was to take you guys to court for failing to do these very simple things that you receive funding for I think they would win the case and you sir might lose your job because you will be exposed and put to blame for being part of the reason why so many people are dying in road traffic accidents. Instead of buying Luxury SUVs for your station managers you should be erecting road traffic signs but to you this is not an issue,…
Ctn… we are TRUELLY a cursed nation that will never develop with leaders like this Soko.
Road traffic accidents are the number one cause of death today in Zambia and across Africa because we have failed to put even the most simplest of safety measures in place. An experienced driver who has been driving for 30 years has an accident at a cross junction resulting in fatalities, the explanation he gives is there were no road marking or signs. Lets be serious with life. How much does it cost to erect a road traffic sign????
The man looks hungry and ready to cut corners. I think his property portfolio must be investigated as all public fools (PF) high ranking officials.
This is another one who needs to be vetted and audited by ACC.
Road safety management has been concessioned to bribe taking policemen.That’s the truth of the matter.
Comment Mushota talking some sense these days….keep it up young lady.
How sustainable is the revenue model of this concession that depends on non-compliance(fines) in partnership with RTSA whoes objective is compliance(Road Safety)?
What happens when compliance levels go up and revenues from fines reduces?
I think the way forward is to make paying for compliance as easy as it is to pay for fines.
Road Safety should take into account creating road infrastructure for ALL road users not just motorised traffic. For instance how many foot bridges are along the full length of Great East Road from Kabwe roundabout to the airport roundabout?Reduce interaction between pedestrians and motorised traffic as much as possible so that traffic is allowed to flow. Speed cameras are not the solution. Build foot bridges for pedestrians and make erection of Billboards on the bridges illegal so that they are safe to use 24/7 instead of making them a haven for street kids to attack vulnerable pedestrians. The foot bridges should be well lit and usable any time day or night.
If it hasn’t been terminated yet, it will be very soon.
Where does RTSA get resources to put cameras all over when they can’t print drivers licenses,subjecting people to moving with temporal licenses which difficult to carry by most of us who don’t move with bags?
And i don’t know why president Edgar lungu is still keeping this man so called zindaba soko is finishing PF slowly,ba lungu if i can ask who put zindaba soko to be RTSA managing director because if i am not mistaken RTSA managing director was chosen by RTSA bord but if i may ask which bord that chooses zindaba soko that’s why he has been doing o this things him self one he changed the Court for traffic offenses from local court to civic center court y there the driver docent have anything to say but receiving penalty please Mr president give the chance RTSA bord to choose the director so that Mr soko apumule ativutisa
And Mr Mbao can do better than soko were is Mr Mbao he was once the acting director please look for him
And is the same man who bought the things of seat belts go to South Africa a develop country u check on Toyota hiace if there have seat belts