The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has stated that it is working on addressing concerns regarding the operations of the Chirundu One Stop Border Post.
ZRA Commissioner General Criticles Mwansa said the institution has since put up a team to walk through the border post which is the first one of its kind in Africa to access the challenges.
He said the team which would be accompanied by stakeholders and sponsors will then recommend solutions which are supposed to be addressed.
Mr Mwansa has further added that ZRA has set a deadline of October to address the concerns which some cross border traders have complained that are defeating its purpose.
He further noted that the one stop border post was meant to lessen congestion at border points hence making international trade effective.
Mr Mwansa was speaking in an Interview with Muvi TV Business News in Lusaka.
The Zambian Government is also working on establishing one stop border posts in many of its borders with neighboring countries with the current one being the Kasumbalesa border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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LT, this story is incomplete. What are the concerns of traders? This should have been mentioned in the story.
Although the concerns are not mentioned one can guess that they must be about corrupt practices and red tape.