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Punitive measures to be taken against contractors who abandon works despite receiving Government resources

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Special Assistant to the President for Project Implementation and Monitoring Andrew Chellah has warned that punitive measures will be taken against contractors who abandon works despite receiving Government resources.

Mr. Chellah says his office will engage the National Council for Construction -NCC- to ensure disciplinary action is meted out against erring contractors.

He was speaking in Mpongwe district shortly after inspecting the construction of 40 housing units for civil servants, a police station, district administration offices, post office and civic center.

And Mr. Chellah said all stalled government projects in Mpongwe district will be attended to.

He said this follows a directive by President Edgar Lungu for an inquiry to be made into why the projects have not been completed in the district.

12 COMMENTS

  1. All talk but no action. How can he say this when the people who got these projects / tenders are ministers & Permanent secretaries & kaizer zulu. And they get the payment upfront. So what they going to do, take them to court so that they can be exonerated? Corrupt govt

  2. All talk but no action. How can he say this when the people who got these projects / tenders are ministers & Permanent secretaries & kaizer zulu. And they get the payment upfront. So what they going to do, take them to court so that they can be exonerated? Corrupt govt

  3. Really ?

    Does it take lungu to fart for these theives to do anything to protect taxpayers money ????

    This is a destroyed country on the road to nowhere ……

  4. Really ?

    Does it take lungu to fart for these theives to do anything to protect taxpayers money ????

    This is a destroyed country on the road to nowhere ……

  5. Really ?

    Does it take lungu to fart for these theives to do anything to protect taxpayers money ????

    This is a destroyed country on the road to nowhere ……

  6. All along where were you and what have you done to yourselves if you can not give them partpayments? Eg, the DMMU owes alot of transporters and NGOs who did the distribution of Relief maize as far as back 2011 to date most of them have not been paid. Hav they suid you?
    Insoni ala ebuntu..

  7. Very true. We know them and are drawing a blacklist of them all. We have an army willing to do the work for probably half the price.

  8. It is standard practice for every contract in a serious organization to have punitive clauses for failure to honour the contractual obligations. Surprisingly, PF government didn’t know about this basic fundamental!!!!

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