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Zinara remits US$3 million for road rehabilitation
04 Feb 2013 at 14:27hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) says it has ceded US$3 million collected last year to the Harare City Council for the rehabilitation of roads in the capital.
The total amount of the money that was supposed to be ceded by ZINARA to the Harare City Council was US$5 million.
However, ZINARA is holding on to the remaining US$2 million saying they want to purchase road maintenance equipment on behalf of the city council.
ZINARA CEO Frank Chitukutuku said their duty is to collect funds on behalf of the local authorities.
He blamed the city fathers for failing to maintain the roads as they are channelling 80 percent of the funds towards equipment hire.
"The mandate of maintaining roads lies with ZINARA and we have given the Harare City Council US$3 million so far. We all know that the local authorities have been rocked with corruption so they cannot blame us for not giving them money."
Local authorities say they are getting a raw deal from ZINARA as the revenue they are getting for road maintenance is far below their expectations.
ZINARA however argues that it only started collecting the funds about two years ago and the roads were already in bad shape.
Most roads in the capital city are in bad shape as they are riddled with potholes making it difficult for motorists to manoeuvre, contributing to the rising number of road accidents.
The total amount of the money that was supposed to be ceded by ZINARA to the Harare City Council was US$5 million.
However, ZINARA is holding on to the remaining US$2 million saying they want to purchase road maintenance equipment on behalf of the city council.
ZINARA CEO Frank Chitukutuku said their duty is to collect funds on behalf of the local authorities.
"The mandate of maintaining roads lies with ZINARA and we have given the Harare City Council US$3 million so far. We all know that the local authorities have been rocked with corruption so they cannot blame us for not giving them money."
Local authorities say they are getting a raw deal from ZINARA as the revenue they are getting for road maintenance is far below their expectations.
ZINARA however argues that it only started collecting the funds about two years ago and the roads were already in bad shape.
Most roads in the capital city are in bad shape as they are riddled with potholes making it difficult for motorists to manoeuvre, contributing to the rising number of road accidents.
Source - zbc
