ZRA Officer TURNS Sitting Room Into An Office

A Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) customs officer at Ijimbi in Ikelenge bordering Angola has turned his sitting room into an office due to lack of infrastructure.
Felix Chipalo told Permanent Secretary for North Western province Dr Shamulenge during a tour of Ijimbi border on Thursday that he had converted his sitting room into an office because ZRA did not setup office infrastructure though it maintained active operations.
Chipalo complained that operating from his house was not ideal but he had no choice and hoped that a lasting solution would be found as tax activity increased with more exports in agriculture, clothing and anticipated rise in oil importation.
And Aaron Zulu, deputy immigration officer also at Ijimbi, said the department of immigration at the border post had no vehicle and that the office was forced to use public transport when taking government revenue to Mwinilunga, about 100 Kilometers away.
Zulu urged the government to work on the Ijimbi road which he said became impassable during the rain season and negatively affected the flow of traffic from which government earned an average $1,500-$2,000 per month from immigration fees.
He said the department was further set back with personnel deficiencies resulting in long streches of the border line not being monitored and thus exposed it to illegal activity.
Zulu also told Dr Shamulenge that Ijimbi was also beset by water and sanitation challenges as it did not have piped water and depended on seasonal shallow wells.
Dr Shamulenge admitted that that the government had not fully paid attention to infrastructure development at the border post and said the scenario had resulted in low level of traffic but promised to revitalize the station with better facilities to increase the tax base.
[The Post]

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24 Responses to ZRA Officer TURNS Sitting Room Into An Office

kamenga D

November 6, 2011 at 4:46 pm

mr president do something on that boarder immediately
Champi.

November 6, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Indeed something must be done and rather immediately. If te govt cant do anything, close it up. Musebanya sana on the part of govt to have their officer work from his sitting room. Twapapata.
Wanu Ngwee

November 6, 2011 at 4:59 pm

Would you ask for a better job than this – collecting govt revenue from your house? It means you must buy two wallets; one for the family and the other for BOMA. And also have two receipt books, then charge govt rentals for using your house and security fees for looking after sensitive documents plus overtime for spending your whole life at work!! Hey, I can’t waith to be this guy!
Framuka

November 6, 2011 at 5:04 pm

Mr President, immediate attention to that patriotic officer. Please honor him by putting up a structure under his name.
Dien

November 6, 2011 at 5:11 pm

I hope the officer stays alone otherwise its hard to imagine my home a workplace; even other officers coming to my house as work.
msana wanzili

November 6, 2011 at 5:22 pm

$1500 – $2000 explains why Government isnt interested.
sex lover

November 6, 2011 at 5:26 pm

He shud charge the govt 4 rent.wat was R.B doing kanshi mwe bantu?
satanimbwasana

November 6, 2011 at 5:44 pm

Chi sex lover. Leave RB alone! What has chi Satana chako done! ZERO!NOTO! Except of course suck lots of Zambian blood in accidents before and after elections. RB is human. Sata is a demon waumfwa. Akapondo munchende. Deadly prey. 2013!! Nafuti Nafuti.
initiative200

November 6, 2011 at 6:36 pm

U r a dog iwe swine yo mother and all yo entire clan r useless…hw dare u insult r President??elyo nkesa lala nabawiso swine..chikala nakabwamba akafonka!u r lucky i dnt knw ya coz i cud av handled u accordingly,umwaume uwabula strategy,elyo wankalifya kolwe…waba ukupowa muli 2seconds.
meswin

November 6, 2011 at 6:57 pm

Guys please stop insulting!! We need 2 discuss real issues here, well its so sad that thing are like that big up 2 u mr felix chipalo. I think that boarder was the 1 these guys in the previous government were doing some dirty work therefore we need do things very fast. We need infrastructure.
Maybinovo

November 6, 2011 at 8:08 pm

2000 USD every month iwe if you are not rich ninshi you will never be.There could be no way you could ve been giving abena bwezani Banda and Company 2000 USD every month and leave your self empty handed ubomba mwi bala alya mwibala iwe!Just keep quiet build a double storey hse to accomodate ur workmates.And why travel all the way to mwinilunga only to depopsit money in James Bwezanis account?foolish!!!! leka ukUKALIFYA INE!!!
thy kingdom come

November 6, 2011 at 8:32 pm

@ wanu ngwee. You are funny! I enjoyed reading your comments
Chichi

November 6, 2011 at 8:37 pm

Intersting stuff,working from home ka.with kid & big mama around.woo so cool
Katiya Toonse

November 6, 2011 at 10:45 pm

Would get much more if Infrastructure and management were improved!
WHAT ANOTHER LOST OPPORTUNITY!!!
Wanya Wanya

November 7, 2011 at 3:03 am

These are the galant Zambians who deserve awards and honour during independence day celebrations, not Dandy Crazy and the likes.
TRUE RANGERS

November 7, 2011 at 7:21 am

Iwe Chipalo, that is your money, when are you going to be rich? I am sure this time you are worth billions. My friend let us swap positions naiwe ubeko kamalasha we cipuba we.
Basic pay K10,000,000.00

November 7, 2011 at 7:37 am

It seems this guy is never late for work and he never knocks off(patriotic Zambia).Demand rentals or inconvenience allowance for using your home. ZRA and government should be ashamed of them selves about this. Surely during campaigns MMD dressed up all the trees with chitenges, bought 101 vehicles,even made rolly pops yet some boarders don’t have government offices. Someone has to be fired with immediate effect
call a spade a spade

November 7, 2011 at 7:39 am

well done felix kapambwe chipalo..am sure sometin will be done now
90 days going ,going,going............

November 7, 2011 at 8:26 am

This what you voted for pure incompetence vegenance at it’s best this sick man is bent on destroying the country and the only hope we have is in the paliarment empeach the embicile sooner than later do no accept his bribes they are blood stained with blood from Chawama hacking……..get rid of this failure please opposition MPs God knew why he did not get majority in the house am on my knees for mother Zambia.God forgive Zambians for electing a morally corrupt person as president of the country ,we were warned but we did not listern ,in the name of Jesus please hear our cry.The anti Christ can’t rule over a christian nation.Lord cleanse our land of this filthy mess.Oh Lord hear our cry .In the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the true believers say Amen.
MWANA SIDOTI

November 7, 2011 at 8:42 am

I wish I could go and take over the job of this man!! No getting broke always.
Ubuntungwa mu Jambo Jambo

November 7, 2011 at 8:43 am

Out of my many adventures, I ended up at that boarder in 2005. Yes – there is nothing to show that there is a boarder indeed. On the Angola side, the “buildings” are mud huts. The “road” crosses a marsh and rainy season becomes hell.

Overall, it is ordinary people Chipalo that deserve awards/medals at Independence Day. There is another brave man I met – the operator of a manual pontoon on Kafue River between Mumbwa and Kasempa. Guided by a wire rope, he rows the pontoon loaded with your vehicle between Central and Northwestern provinces.
God bless these people.
kojak

November 7, 2011 at 10:48 am

awe nsele ishi bane twatobolwa please give us some slack so we can discus matters at hand. Mr C hipalo well done! I have always believed that there were some Zambians that have remained faithful in their dealings. May God remember you.
prof.*****

November 7, 2011 at 11:41 am

Imwe bafikala mwilatuka H.E MCS.Give him chance as u did 2 yo faint eyed RB who was a total failure.If u repeat 2 insult our presido nkesa kutombela ba noko.
Vulgar

November 7, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Iwe chi 90 days………..ulicipuba sana, up to now you dont know that Sata is in charge. You should just accept that MCS is the man of the moment and your RB Sakalanyongo are no more. ***** iwe wembwa yopanda muchila