Transport and Communication Minister Frank Tayali has said that the removal of subsidies on fuel is not meant to injure Zambians but to channel the resources towards other key sectors and debt management.
Mr. Tayali said that the increment of the pump price of fuel feels like a burden for now but the advantages will overshadow the challenges that come with the increment in due course.
He was speaking to journalists shortly after an impromptu visit to the RTSA Cosmopolitan office after a tip-off from whistleblowers about poor service delivery.
And Mr. Tayali also directed RTSA to transfer vehicles that are older than 5 years to go for fitness tests at their offices that have modern mechanical equipment.
He wondered why RTSA has been allowing its officers to test vehicles without any equipment and pass the vehicles as fit.
Mr. Tayali said such modes of testing are compromising the safety of passengers and sometimes result in accidents.
Meanwhile, RTSA Chief Executive Officer Gladwel Banda said the agency is constantly trying to improve the services it gives to the people.
And RTSA Cosmopolitan Station Manager Charity Ng’andu said more human resource is needed at the office to attend to the ever-growing demand for services.
Yaba…ba chipantepante…it’s not making sense…they is not country without subsidies go to America you will be shocked….The problem with African leaders is that a white pig must think and suggest for you,what is best for your nation this is extremely shameful, even stup.id leaders that boast about being intelligence are reduced to zero…I don’t understand how this new yawn government can give mining firms tax holiday and punish it’s on people….ba under5 te boom….
How do you justify lying and f00Iishness. Best to shut your big mouth sir
Shuurup Mbuzi
Does this full know that PF promised people more money in peoples pockets and for ten years there was nothing, and now the full has even some audacity to question UPND promises
Bally has to sweep the dirt left behind by PF.
So blame PF for everything happening.
That’s why they failed to pay their debt.
Anyway you won’t feel it Mr Tayali
UPND by removing subsidies is just trying to correct the incompetency and reckless debts left by PF, the damage done by the PF was grave. MMD even left a decent economy to PF and they destroyed it, just like governance. Surprisingly PF lost souls can still blog here
Minister, you are in charge and the Zambian people are solidly behind you. The ones who gave us fake promises for ten years are the ones speaking the loudest
You cannot explain to us anything to us just keep quite we have seen this before and we advised you not to repeat what they did in 1991 , but you couldn’t stop how ever it is benefiting you because you have allowances to caution off the impact of removed subsidies, but the poor Zambians will be dying like flies as you enjoy .
Anti lab and your fellow f00Iish friend come here at chita Lodge where I am relaxing, and say those things to my face. You will see how quick you will meet your maker. You constipated dogs
You are simply paying HH back for your appointment. Under PF HH would have gone wild calling this development evil and irresponsible of Lungu to hike fuel price.
It is the principle of collective responsibility otherwise even some ministers do not support the removal of subsidies. Theories on removal of subsidies do not work and that’s why they have failed to remove them in developed countries. In our country, removing them is as good as resigning from power. Just wait.
Mupyana Ngo apyana na mabala.
Those supporting this nonsense are either abroad or are benefitting from the Upnd government. If the mealie meal shoot K200.00 how do you expect poor to survive. In fact there no subsidies as such, Upnd have just been ordered by their masters to increase prices on commodities.
that’s big lie to blame the past government let me give an example u can’t make a budget alone without telling your wife wen get paid whether she credited home stuffs (food) from our near by shops so that you minimized the budget…… so he knows that the government has debt how come not to reduce the budget than what they are saying.