Siavonga DC chides inept contractors
CONTRACTORS working on Government projects in Siavonga should immediately surrender the contracts for failing to complete the projects.
Six local contractors were three years ago awarded contracts to work on Government projects in the area and only one contractor, Woodlock company, was being successful, says Lovemore Kanyama, the Siavonga District Commissioner. Mr Kanyama said Woodlock, the company working on the modern police station, was doing a commendable job as the project was at 98 percent completion. He regretted that the rest of the contractors had no capacity to finish the projects with or without funding from Government. This is contained in a statement. “It is against this background that I seriously call upon the five contractors to consider surrendering or rather engage Woodlock Construction Company to work on the said projects, Woodlock Construction Company being a local company has the capability to work while waiting for government resources,” he said. Mr Kanyama said he wanted companies that could use their own resources while Government was processing their payments as witnessed by Woodlock Construction Company. “The contractors should have some resources and not to completely be dependent on government funding,” he emphasised. Siavonga received six local contractors to construct a Civic Centre, Post Office, Police station, District Administration office and two VIPs Houses, 10 medium cost houses, and 20 low cost houses. The five contractors, Mr Kanyama said, had punished civil servants who should have been occupying the Government houses.