RESIDENTS REJECT POLICE POST

APOORLY constructed police post in Kabwe will have to be redone after being rejected by the community. The police post was constructed under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) at a cost of K125, 000.

Makandanya police post whose works started in 2013 by a local contractor, Jopper Mining, has been rejected twice by the community for not meeting the set standards.

Kabwe Central Member of Parliament, Tutwa Ngulube, said the police post would be worked on using the labour-based approach which he said would be much cheaper than engaging a contractor.

Mr Ngulube said in an interview that the labour-based model was the best option and would save on costs because the project was already paid for by the Government through the Ministry of Local Government.

He said despite the contractor, Jopper Mining being paid three-quarters of the total amount which is about K90, 000, the works are far from being done.

Mr Ngulube, who is Deputy Parliamentary Chief Whip, assured that the police post would be completed and handed over to the community before the end of the year.

“We intend to finish it using the labour-based model because it will be cheaper, I don’t think we will be given another authority by the ministry to continue paying for the same works that were already paid for,” he said.

He said when he toured the police post that he was disappointed with the contractor Jopper Mining and the engineering department from the Kabwe Municipal Council for the shoddy works done at the post.

Mr Ngulube said it was shocking that despite the poor works done on the K125, 000 CDF projects, the contractor was demanding to be paid the balance of K36, 000.