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*Government Fails To Pay Contractors Under Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?fi The government has failed to pay contractors under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) for the past five months, slowing down the road rehabilitation initiatives. The government launched ERRP in 2021 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the country’s roads a national disaster. ---------- *HOT DEALS:* *itel A70 - (128GB, 3GB RAM) $89,* *itel A70 - (256GB, 4GB RAM) $99* *itel P40 (128GB, 4GB), (6000mAh) $99* *itel P40 (64GB, 4G), (6000mAh) $93* *LATEST: itel S24 (128) $124; S24 (256GB) $159* Cash on Delivery in Harare & Bulawayo. Tinotumira kwamuri inosvika. WhatsApp: 0️⃣7️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ 7️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ ---------- A follow-up Statutory Instrument (SI) 47 of 2021 was later gazetted, empowering the Transport and Infrastructural Development ministry to authorise the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) to source funding for road rehabilitation. At a dinner held in Gweru on Friday, Transport deputy minister Mike Madiro said: > I think it is important to understand the revenue flow pattern of government. Every end of year there are shutdowns, so in the first quarter there are dribs and drabs, but in the second quarter at least things start to flow. That needs to be recognised given the pressures which are on the government first. However, some contractors told NewsDay Zimbabwe that they feared that they would receive their money when it had already lost value to inflation. The publication sites an anonymous contractor as saying: > We find ourselves being paid late the money that we were supposed to be paid in January. This has reduced the value of our salary by a third. > It means if we were supposed to be paid US$150 000 equivalent, we are now being paid US$50 000. This money was supposed to be paid five to six months ago. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently said the government was planning to pay contractors 50 per cent of their receipts in United States dollars, and the other half in local currency. In February, ZINARA said it was setting aside $17 billion for the ERRP programme this year. The roads authority disbursed $6 billion to local authorities in the first quarter of the year. *More: Pindula News is best enjoyed via the App. Download it here* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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