Kapiri Mposhi District Commissioner, Beatrice Sikazwe has warned workers at the Road Development Agency (RDA) weigh bridge in her district against engaging into corrupt practices.
Meanwhile, government has instituted investigations into the alleged corrupt activities at the RDA weigh bridge in Kapiri Mposhi.
Ms. Sikazwe said government was aware of the rampant corruption going on at the weigh bridge and will soon flush out all the workers that are involved in the practice.[pullquote]I can assure you that heads will roll because we cannot continue losing revenue when we need it to facilitate development in the country[/pullquote]
She said this when she addressed some workers at the weigh bridge offices situated at the Ndola-Great North Road junction during her surprise visit on Thursday.
The District Commissioner noted that government was losing a lot of revenue through the reported corrupt practices by workers at the facility.
Ms. Sikazwe said government has continued to receive reports that some workers at the weigh bridge were soliciting for bribes from overloaded truck and bus drivers.
She said some workers have also been issuing fake certificates of weights to offending motorists and pocketing the penalty fees that should be remitted as revenue into the government coffers.
“This office is stinking with corruption. As government, we have no option but to get to the root of this and carry out an overhaul of the entire workforce here so that we start again because it has gotten out of hand. It is amazing that you are pocketing funds which should be remitted to government for the benefit of all Zambians,” Ms. Sikazwe said.
Weigh Bridge Officer In-Charge, Derrick Lubasi was not at the office during the District Commissioner’s visit because he is currently on leave.
“I can assure you that heads will roll because we cannot continue losing revenue when we need it to facilitate development in the country,” she added.
And a team comprising officers from the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Office of the Auditor General has been deployed to the weight bridge to audit the books and investigate the reported cases of corruption at the office.
The team is auditing the books and all transactions at the weigh bridge and will soon recommend the way forward.
Over 500 trucks and buses pass through the weigh bridge daily and the office collects over K300 million per month from vehicles that exceed the stipulated axle load.
And leader of the team from ACC and the Auditor General’s office, who sought anonymity, said his group has already discovered a lot of anomalies in the books and transactions at the weigh bridge.
“We are carrying out an assessment to the effect that the money that these people remit to government is far much less than what they collect. In all, it is not corresponding to their daily and monthly revenue that they collect and remit from penalty charges on overloaded vehicles,” he said.
He told the District Commissioner that the team will soon be recommending to appropriate government offices for action to be taken against officers found wanting at the weigh bridge
RDA is the culprit Scot Mentioned in Chama during by elections campaigns. Pa zed anything u do people want ukulyamo, i remember asking one boy to call me a sex worker who was in Club Zone, then the boy comes back to me ati nomba bamudala ati shani?
it’s long overdue,aba baffikalah na tufinyyo batushupa nama pose yabufi.they behave like
they are dons running big busineses abanakashi bonse kano ebaletomba ne ndalama sha
kwiba.wapya munzi baffikalah.ACC ww can help with the names with what they have and
where.twalalingana bafintweno.
ANYONE who thinks of MMD is rotten minded otherwise the guys left a country with huge problem of corruption.Revenue collectors, government accountants,legal people and Human resource people have been a let down professionals in the country.
The Pf must put its foot down and get these corrupt Civil Servant who are stealing public funds by fishing them out from RDA.its not difficult to get the culprits,since they can use the OP to investigate or set up a ‘Sting Operation’.All corrupt officers must be flushed out starting with the senior officers down to the Junior officers.
Time is running out for the PF government to implement these policies as soon as possible.The earlier the better so that jobs are created for the unemployed youths of Zambia.
Dollar
PF clean the mess please we need money
Weeding out a culture of doing things will take a long time.
I have’t read the article but from the tittle I can say good move… I know a lot about that any info contact me..
one guy working at the same weigh bridge and staying in kabwe looted the whole
weigh bridge and invested in a prostitute called sola.the guys are heroes of kapiri
nga baisa pa bar ifwe ni no landako
Pwahahaha, Hahahaha, kikikiki…, Wansekesha saana we mwaume. You have reminded me of Zed. Kulibonesha ama guys kanshi shakwiiba.
also visit and audit DHMTs in northern and muchinga.
y kill a rabbit when a cow is in your backyard?a year ago the auditor general reported irregularities worth trillions of kwacha involving road projects,something i find hard to believe yet the culprits stil walk with their heads high but someone who has been fired by the agency writes a ka silly letter and sends it to the Post Newspaper DCz start visiting the weighbridge pretending to be supporting the Presidents crusade against corruption.There are so many things that the pf govt has to tuckle apart from corruption bt its like 4 our ministers,permanent secretaries,dcz etc to show that they are working all the talk about is corruption.yes fight corruption but bring development to yo constituencies as well.its not every vehicle that goes to weighbrige that pays unless its overloaded.
@Faultfinder I think you are one of the operators who was recently fired at kapiri weighbridge by the agency and you are trying to ccomfort yoself by taking out yo anger on those who r stil working by accusing them of being corrupt with the stupid letters u hav been writting in the media.kwaliba ati twalalingana?anyway all tthe best
Nambala one wandepula, l totally agree with you peoples’ minds are so corrupt that they do not see anything wrong with corruption. Naine naleipusha ka mudala ati toilet ili kwi ka ndanga elo kalanda ati nishani ko iya kabwali nomba mudala.
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even kafulafuta weigh brigde they are just the same we are fade up with there useless acts,can the government please sort out the mess at the mentioned station
people its always good to have to sides of the story. who says that whn u are a weighbridge operator you can not plan for the good salary you get .are u saying that it is also corrupt. its not fare those workers might be proficient enough in executing their duties. every person in zambia is corrupt including yourselves writing these articles can u check yourselves out and honestly tell God that u re not.do u have an idea of how much they get. NONSENSE