ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS TO R-INTRODUCE NATIONAL AIRLINE

The PF government says it will work on re-introducing a national airline.

Newly appointed Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Yamfwa Mukanga says Zambia is a very rich country which is supposed to have its own national airline.

And government has promised to revamp the Railway sector in order to improve the country’s economic development.

Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says the PF government appreciates the role that the railway industry plays in contributing in improvement of the country’s economy.

Mr. Mukanga noted that this is why he will work hard and ensure that all the railway lines are revamped throughout the country.

He has explained that Zambia’s road network has continued to deteriorate because there is too much pressure been put on them.

Mr Mukanga has added that that if only other heavy goods can be transported through the railway line, the country’s roads were going to be in good condition.

He also says due to lack of a vibrant railway sector, everything is been transported by the road hence the roads cannot live up to their life spun.

Mr. Mukanga has also pledged to remove all the corruption that has rocked the transport sector.

He charged that the transport sector is one of the sectors that have continued to record high number of corruption hence the need to change the picture by putting in place effective measures of curbing the vice.

The last national flag carrier, Zambia Airways collapsed after 1991 with the then economic liberalization and since then the private sector has filled the vacuum left by the defunct aiviation parastatals.