DINGANI BANDA: KASUMBALESA NOT CONDUCIVE

By Moombe Haamobola

The Zambia Revenue Authority -ZRA- Commissioner General DINGANI BANDA says the current situation at the Kasumbalesa border is not conducive for efficient trade facilitation and needs to be urgently resolved.

Mr. BANDA says the Authority will allocate more officers at the border to help decongest it and will work with officials from that the Democratic Republic of Congo -DRC- to implement the resolution of extended working hours on both sides.

He adds that, with the onset of the rains, the situation may result in an outbreak of diseases.

Mr. BANDA was speaking during a meeting with officials from the DRC’s General Directorate of Customs and Excise.

And SADC Truck Drivers Association President EUGENE NDHLOVU has appealed to the revenue authorities to resolve the existing challenges because the current situation is posing health and security risks to the truck drivers.

Over three thousand trucks are estimated to be stuck on the Zambian side .

The current situation is said to have been caused by truck drivers on the Zambian side who went on strike for Six days and was later worsened when clearing agents on the DRC side went on strike for five days.

The Kasumbalesa border is the busiest crossing point for trucks going into the DRC and neighbouring countries.

On average, 500 cargo trucks pass through the Kasumbalesa border each day.

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