13.11.2024
19:37
A
parliamentary
committee
has
revealed
that
Zimbabwe
loses
an
estimated
$24
million
every
year
because
around
200,000
vehicles
do
not
pay
their
vehicle
licenses
and
tollgate
fees.
Knowledge
Kaitano,
the
chairman
of
the
Parliamentary
Portfolio
Committee
on
Transport
and
Infrastructural
Development,
said
that
to
stop
this
revenue
loss,
the
tollgate
system
should
be
upgraded
to
toll
plazas.
These
recommendations
were
made
during
the
pre-national
budget
seminar
held
in
Bulawayo.
Said
Kaitano:
Because
there
is
no
aggregated
motor
vehicle
database
and
the
absence
of
a
database
system
which
links
CVR,
ZIMRA,
ZINARA,
the
Police,
and
Insurance
Council
of
Zimbabwe,
it
is
estimated
that
a
minimum
of
200
000
vehicles
are
not
paying
vehicle
licenses
nor
toll
gate
fees
thereby
depriving
the
fiscus
of
$24
million
annually,
and
an
amount
which
can
drill
7000
boreholes
annually
and
35
000
boreholes
by
2030.The
time
is
now
to
roll
out
these
toll
plazas
which
were
mooted
as
far
back
as
in
2019.
Kaitano
said
toll
plazas
can
make
more
money
because
the
software
used
by
the
two
system
vendors
can
be
upgraded
to
handle
VID
certification,
road
permits,
number
plate
verification,
third-party
insurance,
ZBC
insurance,
and
more.
He
added:
This
will
also
greatly
reduce
road
accidents.
We
have
been
made
to
understand
that
Zinara
has
the
funds
to
build
the
toll
plazas.
There
is
also
a
need
to
increase
the
number
of
toll
plazas
for
certain
roads
such
as
Harare-Masvingo
and
Bulawayo
Victoria
Falls.
ZINARA’s
acting
chief
executive,
Moses
Juma,
recently
announced
that
the
agency
aims
to
complete
the
construction
of
nine
toll
plazas
along
the
Plumtree-Mutare
highway
by
the
end
of
the
year.
Five
of
these
toll
plazas
are
already
operational,
while
the
remaining
four
are
expected
to
be
completed
within
the
same
timeframe.
ZINARA
anticipates
collecting
approximately
$100
million
this
year
from
these
toll
plazas.
Post
published
in:
Featured