Government, through the Ministry of Transport and Logistics has sourced funding for the salary arrears that were pending and owed to TAZARA workers.
As recently assured by the Minister of Transport and Logistics Hon. Frank Museba Tayali , MP, following the directive by President Hakainde Hichilema that all challenges affecting the smooth operations of the railway firm be resolved, Government has gone further to also source for funds for the repair works on the damaged Chambeshi Railway Bridge in Kasama and Bombwe Bridge on Mulobezi Railway line.
During his recent visit to Mpika and Kasama which enabled him to interact with the workers at Mpika Head Office, Hon. Tayali assured the employees that the financial woes of TAZARA were under active consideration as he was engaged with the Minister of Finance for a lasting solution in clearing the backlog.
In the same vein, the Minister assured the employees that Government was determined to repair the Chambeshi Railway Bridge so that normal movement of the trains resumes and the same was for Bombwe connecting Livingstone and Mulobezi.
The amounts released for the repair works on Chambishi Railway Bridge is US$1.9 million while for Bombwe Railway Bridge is US$1.5 million.
The Minister has since thanked the employees of TAZARA and the residents of Mulobezi for their unflinching patience during the time that Government was working round the clock to find a lasting solution.The Minister also thanked the Minister of Finance Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane and his staff for coming through with these funds at short notice.
Issued by:
Ndubi Mvula
Public Relations Officer
At least no there is a proper govt in place that can manage the national purse prudently!!
Good development ????
At Bombwe do you finish that new bridge which wasn’t completely or you renovate the old one?
All that money, and nothing will go to school fees. UPND…
Political gimmicks. They know there are elections in kabwata so now magically they become father Christmas. They Will still lose the elections if they are free and fair
Tears never stop and the heartache after a resounding big loss can be unimaginable and make one insane especially when jealous is fronted.
We have to get rid of parastatals; why should TAZARA salaries be paid by tax payers? Get rid of Zambia airways, Zamtel, TaZama, ZESCo, ZR etc.
TAZARA we need it but Zambia Airways???? NO Just adrainage for taxpayers’ money
This government is a joke how can you go in the streets to celebrate just because you paid your workers whose pay you delayed.
That is not an achievement you just gave what you owed the poor zambian.
Not only that I have also been thinking about what achievements HH made by just visiting America and take a photo with Joe Biden and visited UK just to be in England for two days, His followers and equally gullible were boasting about those achievements, while forgetting that we Zambians have been living in the uk and America for more than fifteen years, and we know the wide and breadth of all these two countries and its natives because we live with them and eat with them.
Zambians can be so strange what did HH bring to you is it not only fuel increments and more suffering from IMF.