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RB Used RDA To ‘Over-Procure’ More Than K4 Trillion On Road Works
HE Rupiah Banda administration over-procured road works through the Road Development Agency by over K4 trillion in its election campaign-motivated urban and township projects, sources have disclosed.
The RDA board which was dissolved by President Michael Sata for alleged
corrupt practices is reported to have also influenced the award of a contract to tar the Pedicle Road to an Italian contractor whose contract bid was K60 billion kwacha over and above the lowest bidder, China Heinan.
The sources said there was a possibility that part of the money obtained from the inflated road projects went towards bankrolling former president Rupiah Banda and the MMD’s futile 2011 electoral campaign.
A status report of projects under the so-called Formula One township roads rehabilitation works dated September 26, 2011 indicates that contrary to the MMD ‘s claims that the road works covering three provinces cost K1.3 trillion, the projects totalled over K2 trillion.
Towards the just-ended elections in which the MMD was defeated by the Patriotic Front, president Banda and his ministers said the K1.3 trillion used in the upgrading of township roads on the Copperbelt, Lusaka and Central provinces was obtained from the mines.
The roads earmarked for upgrading on the Copperbelt include, Chililabombwe and Chingola town by China Civil engineering Construction at a cost of K41,281,544,555.09, Mufulira town roads by Fratelli Locci Sri Limited at K50, 770,394,746.18, Kitwe and Kalulushi town roads by China Civil Engineering at K90, 614,348,143.42, Luanshya town roads by Gomes Haulage Z Limited at K89, 723,044,158.74 and Ndola City roads by Fratelli Locci Sri Ltd at K91, 849,611,038.85.
Jiangsu Wujin Corporation was awarded the contract to upgrade urban roads in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi towns in the Central Province at a cost of K117,112,013,727.34 but a problem arose after the Chinese firm submitted a fake security bond and obtained a K5 billion advance payment on the project.
In Lusaka Province, Teichman Construction Limited were awarded the contract to upgrade roads in Lusaka’s Chelstone and UNZA areas at a cost of K112,027,643,178.54.
Sable Transport was apportioned the road works in Northmead and Mandevu areas at a cost of K117,151,184,900.62 while roads in Matero township were given to Sanyati Construction at a cost of K102,969,705,286.42 and those in Kanyama and Kafue were awarded to Inyatsi Roads Limited at a cost of K84,844,915,133.00.
The roads in Kamwala and Woodlands areas of Lusaka were apportioned to Roads and Paving Z Limited at a cost of K97,228,603,111.35, bringing the total amount of the MMD’s Formula One road projects to over K2 trillion.
The sources said the above amount added to the cost of ‘political’ projects undertaken by the previous government on the Copperbelt, Northern and Western provinces caused the over K4.4 trillion over procurement of projects outside the RDA’s approved budget.
The political projects that were over procured outside the budget by the RDA include the Mufulira-Chembe PedicleRoad, Nakonde-Mbala, Isoka-Muyombe, Kasama-Mporokoso, Mbesuma Bridge and Mongu-Kalabo.
“If you remember the former executive director Erasmus Chilundika and others were dismissed for over procuring by K1.3 trillion in 2008 but these guys have over procured more than K4.4 trillion over and above 2011 annual work plan,” the source said.
“The most unfortunate part is that all these roads are being executed without engineer’s design, bill of quantities and book of drawing. What this means is the projects are prone to abuse such as over-inflating the contract prices and not done to specifications.”
The sources said the true cost of these projects could only be ascertained once a technical audit was carried out.
“One cannot rule out the possibility that part of the money was used in campaigns,” the source said. “For example on the Pedicle Road the RDA board awarded an Italian contractor, Fratelli Locci Sri Limited, who bid K60.7 billion over and above the lowest bidder, China Heinan, whose contract bid was K253 billion.”
The sources further disclosed that a Chinese contractor awarded a contract to carry out road rehabilitation works on a key road in Northern Province had not commenced the works despite obtaining a US $27 million advance payment from the RDA.
President Michael Sata on Tuesday dissolved the RDA board saying it was another conduit of corruption where contracts were awarded without tenders.
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'The Source Said'
October 6, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Ba Tumfweko imwe lyonse ni, ‘the source said’ Quote the source naimwe. Ninshi so umwenso? You want to major in spreading rummours?
Kandanga
October 7, 2011 at 12:07 am
Since the sources are not disclosed and this involves figures, my observations would be that the auditing services be engaged to verify. Until such is done, I am afraid to believe information that is based on undisclosed sources. When and if this is proved to be accurate, I will make my comment further.
Mozzy the mosquito
October 7, 2011 at 12:19 am
RB na corruption yakwe. Ba MCS tuwamisheniko fye pedical fwe batubulu twacula kulukungu pafula
name
October 7, 2011 at 1:13 am
Fellow bloggers, these are not rumours. Professionalism demands that the newspapers/journalists shall protect their sources at all costs. If the sources (well wishers) do not feel safe they will never come forward and then there will be rumours and undercurrents.
maria
October 7, 2011 at 1:42 am
that’s right
maria
October 7, 2011 at 1:44 am
every time i think I’ve finally come to terms with Rb’s corrupt ways i hear another appalling story that leaves me stunned, disgusted and disappointed at the greed of MMD, how can u rob the nation of so much money, eesh did anyone in rupiah’s govt give a damn about the nation?
Jigga
October 7, 2011 at 4:40 am
If this is all true, then these MMD guys were scumbags who deserved to be kicked to curb (kerb)… and they sure deserve to be sent to jail.
vmm
October 7, 2011 at 5:20 am
4 th mmd,corruption ws th order of th de bt see nw!time hs cot up wit u.u cn only reap wat u sow.
Civil Slave
October 7, 2011 at 6:32 am
You can fool some people some times, but you cant fool all the pipo all the time!
Kangale cifuke
October 7, 2011 at 6:35 am
iyo kwena it waz pwando,dats y resources where unable to trickle down. Ba MC chapeni icalo
Don Corleone
October 7, 2011 at 7:02 am
Who needs you further comments?
Kubeba Ndochi
October 7, 2011 at 7:07 am
You pipo who are talking about tumfweko sources, does this mean u can’t afford to buy news papers for 3pin unless free tumfweko, this news is in yesterdays papers
TRUE RANGERS
October 7, 2011 at 7:07 am
It was sangwapo. Cage the fools.
digz
October 7, 2011 at 7:16 am
were was the thorndick caculator HH & his checks and balances?
Peter
October 7, 2011 at 7:49 am
RB Must account for all that money he has missused.
without fail!!!!!! HE MR. Michael chilufya sata.
Please sweep all his mess
DK
October 7, 2011 at 8:13 am
LET HE MCS DEAL FIRMLY WITH ALL THE CRIMINALS INCLUDING SMART CHISUSU
PF THE PADDLER LOVERBOY
October 7, 2011 at 8:13 am
ati they are having meeting every day at RB kabulonga home…
i wonder,, people who surrounded banda cheated him.. for example how can you entrust the country wuth LIFWEKELO AND GREGORY CHIFIRE.. the boy chifire is still driving that silver ford he got from state house.. mwe bantu do citizen arrest…
there are so many graduates from cbu and unza than that failure chifire who lamentably failed his accounting degree… infact he should apoligise to HE MCS.wake up zambians your money was squandered..
TUMFWEKO keep it up,,, MY PRESIDENT BA SATA PLEASE FOLLOW THE LAW AS U CLEAN ZAMBIA TWAPAPATA
ChileZambia
October 7, 2011 at 8:14 am
Finally RDA is gone. Complaints against RDA in the reign of MMD fell ondeaf ears. So MCS was right all along “a conduit of corruption” follow now the board members and senior management and do an audit of their assets. We know that some of these are under relatives’ titles.
85 days
October 7, 2011 at 8:24 am
Give the Road job to that company doing the works in the industrial area in kitwe. I travelled to kitwe last week and was very happy with the works there.
swt cherry
October 7, 2011 at 8:35 am
am rily mounthless rb,nasusu,daka&rev s shd not just go to jail but return our resources actualy they nid deliverance frm obsecetion of money.rb has even taken his stolen trucks to zimbabwe which were used to fery maize & beer.
Chimbwi
October 7, 2011 at 8:50 am
The Kitwe industrial roads are being done under JICA. Thats Y the good quality. See the old JICA roads in LSK i.e. part of great east road, Emmasdale area still looking good but done years back. Not these brief case road contractors. e.g. Mumbwa-Landless corner Road.
Sydney
October 7, 2011 at 8:51 am
wow!
Mubanga Chisanga
October 7, 2011 at 9:10 am
RB himself acknowledged that he will be sent to jail together with his fellow corrupt colleagues. This info is accurate and Zambia was yet again robbed of a lot of money by a corrupt leader. Ba Sata, in u we trust, arrest all these plunderers.
BaBige
October 7, 2011 at 9:21 am
Tel them its only 3pin,its all thr. if u cant manage go to National Archives
sibajene
October 7, 2011 at 10:17 am
Ba Sata dont spare them, pounce on these pepertrators. Our money which we can put to good use is being plundered by selfish hipocrytes. SHAME ON RB & HIS CORRUPT TEAM
Mukelebai
October 7, 2011 at 10:34 am
BA Sata kindly arrest these criminals.Those company’s they engaged had to pay kick backs hence the over payments.It now makes more sense why in 2010 they had to drop the immediate past NRFA CEO and replaced him with an MMD cadre called Dr Mwanahumo (former FRA CEO)where billions were misappropriated and directives from state house were not to prosecute the man but move him elsewhere.
we have suffered enough.Cage the criminals
Bingo!!!!!
October 7, 2011 at 10:34 am
Those talking about news paper buy, are u telling me being on internet is free? where in this country….i think it costs even more than that 3pin you are talking about…..back to the issue…
Back Bencher..Red Lips Kunda was talking of checks and Balances, where was the fool where all this was being done? Checks and balances my ass!!!!
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo
October 7, 2011 at 10:52 am
Uukwebele imfwa yakwanoko mutanshi – the fact remains that u have informed about it.
Shikulu Mapalo
October 7, 2011 at 11:43 am
The actual source of this funding has so far not been disclosed. In cases were an attempt was made it has never been satisfactory. Whatever went on STINKS of corruption. With the erection or is it election of the new govt let us know exactly where the money for the unprecedented devlopment came from.
camp D
October 7, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Souce NI DONCHI KUBEBA ka???
Kubeba Ndochi
October 7, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Fuel price has been reduced. It’s happening even b4 90 days
Twafweni
October 7, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Somehow ‘ur concern is justified e.g Jones Kalyongwe’s press brief on ZPPA shows taht he is just boot licking for a job as opposed to representing a professional body(ZIPS), just pathetic. In any case learn to believe and trust some of these things at least half of it or if u ‘re so brave go and demand to carry out ‘ur own verification as a citizen.
Twafweni
October 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Surely, u can ignore the red lips, they don’t come by choice, if there was a drug to cure them existed, a lot of us would buy it.
kojos
October 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm
we want H.E m.c.sata to come
n address us miners n talk to these local contractors”twachula ukubombela akabwali.they do not even follow zambias labour laws.
EDK
October 7, 2011 at 3:18 pm
my appeal kuli ba HH is lets coorparate with de rulling part.we need your support as Zambians.
nams
October 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm
its nt only foreign investors abusing zambian labour laws even our own local contractors.ask ba copala,they wil tel you.geting 400,000 wen u work frm u/ground.LORD HAVE MERCY
Zoona
October 7, 2011 at 5:53 pm
I am not surprised, i have always suspected something fishy especially with Sable Construction Company here in Eastern Province. I have always wondered how Sable has continued to construct roads despite his very poor, deadly slow and uncoordinated workmanship. Mangani may not be holy in this arrangement, now that he is in PF, i guess he can provide valuable information to the relevant authority. Ba Sata, this issue is worth probing.
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