Source: Zinara disburses $22m for road works | The Herald July 21, 2016
Melody Mashaire Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration disbursed just over $22 million in the first half of this year, representing 46 percent of its targeted $48 million disbursement for road works this year. ZINARA acting chief executive officer Engineer Moses Juma indicated in a statistical statement of the disbursements that an amount of $25 943 301 is outstanding for the year out of the total annual allocation.
A total of $20 million was allocated to rural district councils but only $5 million has been disbursed so far. The national roads administration has also disbursed $3 million to urban councils out of an allocation of $10 million.
The Department of Roads was given $9 million out of the targeted total of $12 million while District Development Fund has been given $3 million out of a targeted disbursement of $6 million, the statement says.
There are four types of disbursements under Zinara. These are routine maintenance, periodic maintenance, emergency and special project fund. The disbursements and allocation of the funds may be based on any one or more of the following: Basic percentage split of the total money available among roads of different classes and a formulation that takes into account the classes of the road, its length, width, surface type and the traffic levels on the road.
Last year, Zinara increased allocation of money to local authorities by 312 percent to facilitate improved maintenance and rehabilitation of roads. The roads administration authority is a statutory body empowered to collect road fees through toll fees, fuel levy, vehicle licences, and transit, abnormal and overload fees.
COMMENTS
22 million out of how much? And where did the rest go? Not into anything legitimate I am sure
Southern Region Trading Company (SRTC) agreed a price of $160 for a car number plate which costs $12 and makes $37m for collecting $200m at tolls which is too high. Zinara is poor at procurement and needs external advisors. The prices they get charged for road building is excessive.
Around 200 million they boast in road tolls.
Yes… but even at that, why is the River Road to Kariba virtually impassable, and A9 north of Birchenough bridge still so pitifully gutted with potholes? What funds were actually provided were mostly used for useless projects, such as cutting a few trees along the road to Muunde. Beside the blight of corruption, mismanagement rules in Zim… figuratively and literally.