Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:05:41 +0000 By VIOLET TEMBO SOME oil marketing companies (OMCs’) are not adhering to Government’s directive to award local tank drivers contracts to supply petroleum products which has resulted in 286 Zambian trucks being parked. This has been revealed by Zambia Union of Tanker Drivers and Allied Workers (ZUTDAW) secretary general Humphrey Kapesha. Speaking in an interview in Ndola, Mr.Kapesha said the union was calling on Government to place a ban on foreign drivers to stop off-loading petroleum products at mines and airports. Mr. Kapesha said 60 percent of the imports of petroleum procured by the OMCs was usually transported by sister companies of OMCs from countries of origin. He said the scenario had resulted in Zambian tanker drivers thrown out of employment because foreign truckers were preferred to transport the petroleum products. “The union recently engaged Government and it positively responded, directing that OMCs allocate us 20 percent of […]
