The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) on Thursday, 05 May 2022, apologised to the commuting public for its failure to provide adequate transport in urban areas.
In a statement, ZUPCO management said the crisis was caused by the withdrawal of franchised vehicles by the owners. Read the statement:
In the past, we have faced similar problems but we continue to listen and correct so that in the end we all fulfil our mandate to serve the commuting public.
We remain committed to providing you with safe, affordable and reliable travel.
In the meantime, we have also approached other transporters including the NRZ to increase their support to alleviate the plight of passengers.
Any inconvenience is sincerely regretted.
The owners of franchised ZUPCO buses and kombis withdrew their vehicles after the transport utility failed to pay them their dues.
Meanwhile, the Government says it remains committed to ensuring the provision of a safe, affordable and reliable mass transport system to the citizenry.
In a statement, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works Lameck Mudyiwa said the Government is currently engaging franchise holders who had withdrawn their services.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ญ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.