Government through the Ministry of Information and Media has started negotiations of a better deal to resume the halted digital migration phases two and three.
Minister of Information and Media, Cornelius Mweetwa who is in China, held talks with StarTimes Chairperson, Xinxing Pang on the possibilities of resuming the project to complete the remaining 10 percent.
Mr Mweetwa says the government wants a win-win situation on the project considering that works that include construction of eight  provincial television studios, transmission sites as well as building of the National Operation Centre was already at 90 percent.
He, however, said one of the reasons that led to the suspension of the project was escalation of prices stating that a better deal will suffice.
Meanwhile, StarTimes Chairperson, Xinxing Pang said a more conducive arrangement will be offered to the Zambian government.
Mr Pang said the company will consider squatting the repayment of the outstanding balances of 590,000 United States dollars for phase one and the 12.5 million dollars for phase two and three.
He said the company is willing to complete the project within 13 months once all formalities are done.
The minister is accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, ZNBC as well as the Planning Department under his Ministry.
He’s moved very fast to begin to cut his own deals. Chinese money is sweet
Everyone attended the deal mission, except the ACC.
That ka bag the Chinese is carrying is full of money.
Better deals like that of Agro Fuel
After kissing the backside of the west and calling us corrupt for dealing with Chinese, here he is now dealing with the same Chinese. He has realised the whlte man doesn’t see him as human. Fuseke!!
OF COURSE PF WAS CORRUPT
Wasn’t your ECL ?? wasnt he involved in a scandal or using a clients money ??
How did he even become a president ???
The chinos is also not white….lmao!
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The original deal was to include studios , but then PF mysteriously accepted outside broadcast trucks instead …..??
Motor and bricks can last 100 years while a truck can last 20 years , if you are lucky…..
Why were trucks replacing motor and btick studios while the original bill was for building motor and brick studios…….?
In any case , $265 million is 100 million too much………
Like everything under lungu………..
Over pricing was the order of the day.
Corruption runs deep in Zambia and they will fall as well.