truck rehabilitation programme in Livingstone
Zambia Railways Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Musonda says Zambia is set to become a more attractive investment destination if it fully implements the decision to move 30 percent of mining and agricultural products from road to rail transport.
Mr. Musonda said the decision was already backed by a 2018 Statutory Instrument and just needed effective implementation and capacity building in the railway sector.
He said Zambia Railways, in collaboration with regional stakeholders in the railway sector, was stepping up measures to ensure rail transport dominated other forms of transport as this would enhance Zambia’s trade competitiveness, improve the economies of scale and open up new investment opportunities.
Mr. Musonda noted that Zambia Railways was strategically positioned to connect to all ports to the Indian Ocean through Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania; and to the Democratic Republic of Congo – the main mineral hub in the region.
“As railways sector we should operate and service this country through various corridors within Southern Africa. Rail transport is an important sector to any economy…there are various products that are better handled by rail than by air or road,” he said.
He said this in Livingstone today during the official opening of a Southern African Railways Association (SARA) meeting at Avani Victoria Falls Resort.
Earlier, SARA Executive Director Babe Botana said the meeting would discuss technology and safety issues to ensure risks in the railway sector were mitigated in an appropriate manner within the region.
“We will also look at the technical and engineering issues to ensure there is standardization and harmonization of the rolling stock in the region,” he said.
The Idea is decades long overdue. Just going through circles.
Will truck owners in Government support you? It remains to be see.
Ba Musonda, Inyanji yenu yalibedama no ku kolobana sana. Insurance is very high to transport on this line. Bombelenipo mukwai twapapata.
Please do not even start us on this railway milaki.
What happened to the 1.2 Billion USD that this government borrowed to revamp ZR?
And people wonder how Lungu became the richest man in zed only after a few months as president?
Remember how even Clive Chirwa got fired for skimming off the top of that loan to pay for his accommodation?
Shameless thieves these PF maggots.
Does Zambia have its own investments in the country nangu kuwaya waya fye?
Eurobond money was allocated to ZR but they failed to replace the corrugated rail tracks left by Cecil Rhodes.
All the money was chewed through tenders given to cadres. Today taxpayer is expected to repay the Eurobond.
For this to work you need to reconstruct all the raillines that connected the smaller mining towns in the Copperbelt to Ndola and Kitwe. That plus construction of another rail line to Solwezi and other mining centres. That’s the only way that rail transport can work. KK left us a good railway system but these copperbelt crooks such as Kambwili completely stripped the railway and sold the rails, the sleepers and even the stones. What a shame!
Kutoloke misu ukunyanta amafi
Increase RAIL capacity to over 50%.
Increase ROAD TOLL charges for heavy trucks by 100%.
The Zambian, your suggestions are flawed 100%.
There is zero bandwidth to increase rail capacity. Existing infrastructure can not support this.
Increasing road toll charges will result in the haulers passing on these charges to you the hungry consumers.
The PF had borrowed money to improve ZR, but they used the loan to improve their own bank balances.
Shameless thieves.
If that’s the case then build a new SGR railway like Kenya and Tanzania have done. It will get the dangerous cargo trucks off their business of road carnage.
Euro bond has come and gone…till singing the selfsame song
Euro Bond in Millions upon Millions of U.$.D GONE, disappeared into thin air!!
Now Rotten P.F, suggesting Mwibala part 2, to finance bribes for 2021, & final theft, before Jona Chakolwa, & his thriving minions steal more to complete their Mansions, & Malls abroad.
ANYWAY ZAMBIANS DESERVE SUCH!!
THE problem is that implementation will be difficult becuse the politicians, both in the ruling part and opposition own tructs and can’t allow themselves to be put out of business!!