The opposition UPND is demanding that the Road Transport and Safety Agency extends the payment period for road tax by two weeks owing to delayed salaries across the working population and also closure of the Post Office as a result of an ongoing strike.
UPND Spokesman Charles Kakoma said the PF government cannot take people of Zambia for a ride or sit back and enjoy seeing some citizens sweat blood in order to find money for Motor Insurance and Road Tax amidst delayed or unpaid salaries.
“We have noted with regret long queues of people seeking Road Tax following the end on the First Quarter. While others spend the whole day on the queue, some have to corruptly find a way of buying Road Tax,” Mr Kakoma said.
He said the long queues are attributed to closure of the Post Office and not that people have money.
“We are aware that it will take a while for some unpaid workers to find money for domestic use and also spare something for Motor Insurance and Road Tax,” he said.
“It’s regrettable that while there are long queues at RTSA and other authorized outlets like ZSIC General Insurance, the ZP Traffic Police have also swung in action to make money from the same people who are unable to acquire Motor Insurance and pay for Road Tax.”
Mr Kakoma said extending the grace period by two weeks is the only reasonable thing to do when some people are in a crisis due to delayed and unpaid salaries.
Let them extend for another month.This Zindaba has failed.But knowing UPND they have already picked the roamer that an extension is rooming. Wait 19hrs presser.
Southern province party UPND…..hahahahahahah running out if ideas….too much blah blah blah blah blah…..sensing danger in 2021 now its just kuwayawaya…
You mean no one thinks that we make this an electronic process? let people use their Cards to pay.
I think Kakoma ended up in Grade 5 or standard 2.
Kkkkkkkk……UPND is really trying so hard to impress people but ALL THEIR EFFORTS ARE IN VAIN!!!Which public workers are not paid?Civil servants got paid,UNZA and CBU lecturers got paid too.SO IS THIS TONGA PARTY UPND TALKING ABOUT SOME COUNCIL WORKERS?Look,Charles Kakoma,council workers are paid by their respective councils and not the central Govnt.When Zambians say HH is under 5,this is what they mean because HH does not understand how Govnt operates.Moreover,does it mean that ALL ZAMBIANS WORK IN GOVNT?…kkkkkkkk….NO!!So why say “the queues at RTSA does not mean people have money because Govnt has not paid them?”HOW?NOW GOVNT PAYS EVERY ZAMBIAN?KKKKKKKK….This evil strategy has completely failed UPND.Be real guys!!Not every one works in Govnt bwana!!!JUST ADVISE RTSA TO EXTEND…
Kakoma these are the things you should be talking about. Kudos to you mate.
Does it make sense that the people on queues don’t have money?
Maybe Kakoma has just gotten out of bed. Civil servants were paid days ago. I only support him on account of long queues which can be reduced if the period is extended. One solution is to pay early and if one can afford it pay for more than one quarter.
Mr. Kakoma, talk about policies that are causing salary delays, not the petty stuff like car licensing. Talk of things like road safety and how rtsa is managing that, (which they are not doing at all)
For the first time am agreeing with UPND. You see, we don’t hate you. We just feel you don’t talk about things that are relevant to us. For the first time you are saying something sensible that affects us. If you continue doing this you will have people want to vote for you. Not all the time saying Lungu is a chakolwa, Lungu has no vision? How does that concern us. Second where we are brought up from, we are taught to civil in our language to elders and respect them even if we don’t agree with them. Continue giving us alternative solutions to our problems and we will vote for you and not always repeating and listing the problems this country is facing. Everyone know them we don’t need to be told. This is a perfect example of what you should be doing all the time to get people’s votes…
Imwe ba trib.al upnd, we will sort out the issue of road tax ourselves as road users with our Zindaba Soko, without involving politicians. Wrong forum you trib.al Charles Kakoma, zwa!!!
Imagine in 2016 campaigns trib.al Hacks even wanted to force our women to deny their beloved husbands their conjugal rights, ati to force them to vote for him!! Kikikikikiki ….. but trib.als mipamba!!
Queues are as a result of poor planning on the side of motor vehicle owners, why wait for the last minute when people can drink alcohol day in day out using same vehicles moving from one club to another?
It’s 50 -50
government failing to pay workers or delaying to pay workers? These were common during UNIP days! The MMD worked hard and completely solved this problem. Why is the PF failing to pay workers when construction projects which demand more money are going on well? deliberate Misplacement of priorities because the projects are fronts for corruption. The PF govt would rather commit a deliberate error if the truth is inconvenient to them. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE AS A COUNTRY ARE WALLOWING IN POVERTY. A LEADER WHO IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH FACTS AND TRUTHS CANNOT BE A GOOD LEADER BECAUSE HE LACKS SINCERITY. BETTER MUST COME!!!
Unip never failed to pay workers on time. The problem we faced in Unip was lack of commodities. Don’t tell lies that delayed payments were never experienced in MMD because it used to happen. It was during the MMD that post offices were closed in rural areas. Please don’t twist history. Without defending him Edgar’s reign is more trying than any other president because of infiltration by disloyal civil servants. We know what’s is happening is not entirely government to blame. That’s why for every bad development, a certain opposition leader is always ready to support wrong doing. How can you support people who not on refuse to work but also put rubbish in offices.