Sat, 13 Jan 2018 12:40:53 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA GOVERNMENT has collected K1, 901, 866, 000 from toll fees since the project started in 2013, says Housing Infrastructure and Development Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota Mr Mushota said in 2017 alone Government, raised K667b, 658,000 from toIl fees recording a 98 percent achievement against a projected annual budget of K682 million. Mr Mushota said this figure represents a 44 percent increase from the K464.779 million toll fees collected in 2016. He explained that the increase in toll fees collection has been attributed to the introduction of value proposition such as local user discount and frequent user discount aimed at promoting equity and affordability among different classes of road users thereby encouraging toll road usage. He also said the revision of the toll tariffs to reflect regional toll process as well as value for money and also increase in the number of inland toll points effectively increasing […]
