ZAMBIA and Botswana have concluded discussions to create the Kazungula Bridge Authority (KBA) that will be headquartered in Botswana. The two countries have also agreed that the Chief Executive Officer of the Kazungula Bridge Authority will be a Zambian. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi disclosed the outcomes of the meeting in the company of President Hakainde Hichilema. The two leaders have also agreed that after the formalities were completed, the Kazungula Bridge Authority was expected to discuss ways of expanding access roads, install enhanced ICT technology to facilitate service delivery. President Masisi said ministers in respective sectors had been assigned to complete all outstanding issues to operationalise all formalities needed to legalise the entity. “The Authority will be tasked to make the border compete globally by making it a facility of choice for everyone, adding that the bridge’s name will not be changed but will remain as Kazungula, President Masisi said. And President Hichilema said the Authority would facilitate speed and effective […]
Kazungula Bridge Authority to be created
